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4Story now in Beta

2011-11-04T07:21:00.000-07:00

The Kalydo powered version of fantasy MMORPG 4Story, published by Gameforge, is now in beta at www.4story.net. Play this 1.4 gigabyte game in a minute, directly in your browser. Waiting for a big download and installation to play this game belongs to the past...

Choose your side and charge into sweeping battles for important strongholds with a countless amount of other players. Plunge into a fantastic adventure with your friends and discover many quests and exciting journeys through time all the while learning more of the land's background story. Investigate dungeons full of secrets, defeat dangerous monsters and uncover legendary treasures. The fate of Iberia lies in your hands!

About Gameforge
Gameforge is Europe's leading provider of online games. The company - based in Karlsruhe, Germany - currently offers 20 games in more than 50 languages and has more than 300 million registered users world-wide. Their portfolio includes two types of games: Client-based massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), including Europe's most successful MMO, Metin2, as well as 4Story and the European version of Wizard101; and top-quality browser-based games such as the award-winning Ikariam, OGame, and the upcoming Star Trek - Infinite Space. Gameforge currently has approximately 500 employees at their headquarters in Karlsruhe. In 2010, Gameforge won the "TOP JOB - Employer of the Year" award and was named one of Germany's best employers in 2010 by the Great Place to Work® Institute.

For more information, please visit http://press.gameforge.com.

About Kalydo
Kalydo a leading world class browser game technology provider. Kalydo works with any game technology and provides developers and publishers a durable platform with the tools they need for business efficiency. With Kalydo you can provide a frictionless gaming experience to gamers around the world.

Kalydo works with companies such as Frogster, Shanda Games, Gameforge, Gravity and Barunson. Kalydo powered games include 4Story, Godswar Online, Conquer Online and Runes of Magic.

Gameforge and Kalydo announce 4Story MMORPG for the browser

2011-08-15T04:53:00.000-07:00

Karlsruhe – 15-08-2011 – Gameforge, one of Europe’s leading publishers of online games has announced the new major version of MMORPG 4Story will run in the browser using the Kalydo Platform. Gamers will be able to play the game within a minute, directly in the browser.

Using Kalydo’s scalable cloud game platform, the 1,3 gigabyte large 4Story game runs directly from the browser, without the need of a large download and installation. In addition players are able to login easily with their Facebook account. The browser version of 4Story is the exact same game as the downloadable client, with the same graphic quality (Fullscreen play) and content.

Both Gameforge and Kalydo will be showing 4Story running in the browser at GamesCom 2011, which takes place this week in Cologne, Germany.

“We are excited working with Gameforge, they understand games like no other and understand the huge potential of high quality browser gaming.” says Doki Tops, CEO at Kalydo.

Visit Kalydo at GamesCom in Hall 4.2, aisle F, nr. 0.30 between Tuesday 17-88 and Saturday 20-08.

About Kalydo www.kalydo.com
Kalydo is a leading browser game middleware solution which enables playing games, based on any game technology, directly from every browser and social network. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games takes away traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. Kalydo decreases distribution costs while increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenues. Games can now be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a fantastic gaming experience from anywhere in the world.

Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched a beta version of their platform in 2007 before going commercially live in 2009. Since then Kalydo has become the number one browser game technology provider for successful games such as Godswar Online, Runes of Magic and OnGolf. Kalydo partners include Gameforge, Frogster, Shanda Games, Gravity, ChangYou, Netdragon and IGG.

About Gameforge www.gameforge.com
Gameforge is the largest independent global provider of online games. Located in Karlsruhe, Germany, Gameforge offers 15 games in more than 50 languages and has more than 200 million registered users worldwide. The Gameforge portfolio includesMetin2, the largest massively multiplayer online game in Europe, and other popular games such as OGame, Ikariam, Gates of Andaron, or Gladiatus.
The Gameforge portal, Gameforge.com, integrates all Gameforge games in a comprehensive community network. Gameforge has won numerous awards, including "Technology Pioneer 2009" from the World Economic Forum and "Entrepreneur of the Year 2008." Ikariam won the German Computer Game Award 2009 in the "Best Browser Game" category. In 2010, Gameforge was awarded "TOP JOB Employer of the Year" and titled one of the best employers of 2010 by the Great Place to Work® Institute Germany.

For more information about the company, please visit: http://corporate.gameforge.com/
For more information about our games, please visit: http://www.gameforge.com/

Gravity partners with Kalydo

2011-07-14T01:57:00.000-07:00

Kalydo today announced they've partnered with Gravity games to bring their succesful client games to the browser.

Gravity is a world renowned leader in online game publishing and operates Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) for the North American casual and hardcore gaming markets. The company's flagship title, Ragnarok Online, has over three (3) million North American subscribers (about 50 million subscribers worldwide) and has been joined by other Gravity Interactive titles such as Dragon Saga, Requiem: Memento Mori, and ROSE Online.

"We are excited to work with Gravity. With our combined expertise and Kalydo's cloud based browser game platform, Gravity will be able to reach a big new market and introduce more players to their games." adds Doki Tops, CEO at Kalydo.

In addition to Gravity, CEO Doki Tops confirmed more partners and games will be announced shortly.

Kalydo at ChinaJoy 2011
Kalydo will be attending the ChinaJoy convention 2011. Interested in meeting with Kalydo at ChinaJoy? Let us know at sales@kalydo.com

Richard van Barneveld joins Kalydo

2011-05-11T07:41:00.001-07:00

Maarssen, 10 May 2011. As result of an agreement signed between Game Entertainment Europe and the shareholders of game technology provider Kalydo, Richard van Barneveld will join the team of Kalydo and pick up the role of Business Development Director. Furthermore, the Swiss based mother company Game Entertainment International AG will become shareholder in Kalydo. Both companies have successfully worked together in the last 1,5 years. This new agreement is seen as a logical next step in our cooperation.

Richard van Barneveld’s role is to help Kalydo with their expansion into Asian regions such as Korea and China and increase revenues from these territories. As Kalydo is fast growing he will work together with Doki Tops (CEO) to bring the company to the next level. In the short term Richard will stay at Game Entertainment Europe as CEO and will share is time between the 2 companies.

“We are excited about Richard van Barneveld joining Kalydo. He provides a lot of expertise to help expand our business.” says Doki Tops, CEO of Kalydo.

“Kalydo has developed a unique browser solution for downloadable games. It is great to be able to join this highly innovative and enthusiastic Dutch company operating in a global market” says Richard van Barneveld.

About Game Entertainment International AG:

Game Entertainment International AG is founded in 2008 and based in Switzerland. The main focus of the company is investing in Game Companies that are operating in the fast growing MMO game business. Game Entertainment International AG is directly and indirectly participating in Lots Interactive Ltd (MMO Game Developer), WZZRD BV (Game Cafes), GamesFactoryOnline BV (Serious Game Producer), Game Entertainment Europe BV (MMO Game Publisher) and recently Eximion BV (Kalydo, Online Game Technology Provider)

About Kalydo www.kalydo.com:

Kalydo is a leading browser game middleware solution which enables embedding games, based on any game technology, directly into every browser and social network. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games takes away traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. Kalydo decreases distribution costs while increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenues. Games can now be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a fantastic gaming experience from anywhere in the world.

Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched a beta version of their platform in 2007 before going commercially live in 2009. Since then Kalydo has become the number one browser game technology provider for successful games such as Godswar Online, Runes of Magic and OnGolf.

For more information, please visit www.kalydo.com

LinkedIN profile of Richard van Barneveld http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardvanbarneveld

Kalydo is visiting ITS GAME 2011 in Seoul on 16 and 17 May.
If you would like to request a meeting please contact Richard at r.vanbarneveld@kalydo.com

Runes of Magic in the browser at E3

2011-03-24T02:19:00.000-07:00

Frogster Interactive and Kalydo are planning to premiere the browser version of the popular MMORPG 'Runes of Magic' at this year's E3 game convention.

After a small glimpse, shown to a few selected press members at the GDC, the complete functional version of this 8 gigabyte browser MMO is now prepared for its public debut.

"At Frogster we are really excited about the browser version of Runes of Magic. We are expecting that cloud gaming will become more and more important in the near future and are happy to be pioneering in this field together with Kalydo. With the Runes of Magic browser version the team proofs that they can handle high quality client-based games and are not limited to smaller titles" says Daniel Ullrich, VP Operations of Frogster Interactive Pictures AG and CMO of Frogster Online Gaming GmbH.

More news to follow shortly.

Browser version of Runes of Magic debuts on german TV

2011-03-22T05:43:00.000-07:00

Our recent announcement in collaboration with Frogster about the browser version of the popular mmorpg Runes of Magic created a stir in the industry and resulted in a very busy booth at the recent GDC in San Francisco. In a featurette on "cloud gaming", which aired on German TV last weekend, CEO Doki Tops makes a short appearance and shows a glimpse of the game running on a private Facebook account.

The browser version of Runes of Magic is scheduled for release on Facebook in Q2 of 2011. More news to follow shortly.

Godswar Online launches in Turkey and Malaysia

2011-03-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

Godswar Online has succesfully launched in Turkey and Malaysia this week. After its launch on Facebook for America and the Philippines last December, IGG moved forward and expand the success of the game in more countries.

Godswar Online was the first 3D MMORPG launched on Facebook. Being a traditional downloadable game at first, converted into a browser game by Kalydo, Godswar Online received positive acclaim for its achievement. Godswar Online reached over 1.5 million players quickly and continues to grow.

“Godswar Online certainly makes a strong first step in a potential new direction for social games” says Joe Osborne, editor at Games.com in a recent review.

More info www.igg.com and www.kalydo.com

Runes of Magic goes Browser with Kalydo

2011-02-25T02:30:00.000-08:00

Frogster and Kalydo Working on Fully Playable Browser and Facebook Version of the Fantasy-MMORPG

Berlin, 25/02/2011: Runes of Magic will be entirely playable in a browser window and on Facebook starting in Q2/2011. Frogster has closed a cooperation agreement with technology partner Kalydo. The Dutch middleware provider will realize the browser integration with a browser plug-in and a scalable server platform running on cloud computing that they developed. Using the so-called Kalydo Player, the successful fantasy-MMORPG can be enjoyed through any browser on practically every Windows PC without any constraints.

The initial focus of the partnership will be Facebook integration. For the registration, the partners will use the social network’s user-friendly single-opt-in function, allowing every Facebook user to dive straight into the virtual world without having to complete any additional registration procedures. Once inside the social network, Runes of Magic can be played in either full screen or window mode without limiting any of the game’s functionality. The Kalydo team has already started with the technical implementation of the browser version. Frogster will show a first test version to selected media partners at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The German publisher can be found on a common booth with Gameforge in the North Hall of the Moscone Center, booth No. 702.

“We are expecting to see a marked increase in the numbers of players for Runes of Magic through this cooperation with Kalydo. Powered by the impressive Kalydo technology the browser version will enable us to attract new target groups who previously have found the download, installation and registration process too complicated”, commented Andreas Weidenhaupt, Chief Licensing Officer of Frogster Interactive Pictures AG on the signing of the contract.

Doki Tops, CEO of Kalydo agrees with him:

“This is the future of gaming. Players enter the game with a single click of the mouse instead of spending hours on a download and installation and get the exact same experience. We praise Frogster for recognizing this potential and taking a leading role with us in pioneering this massive new style of gaming.”

Kalydo has already incorporated the 3D role-playing game GodsWar into Facebook, which has gone from strength to strength.

About Kalydo
Developed by Eximion, Kalydo is a leading browser game middleware solution which enables embedding games, based on any game technology, directly into every browser and social network. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games takes away traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. Kalydo decreases distribution costs while increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenues. Games can now be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a fantastic gaming experience from anywhere in the world. Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched their public beta in 2008 before going commercially live in 2009.

Frogster – We take you to a new world!
The Frogster group is a Berlin-based, listed publisher of online games. Frogster focuses on the marketing and operation of virtual worlds, so-called massively multiplayer online games – one of the strongest growing sectors in the entertainment industry. With its top titles ‘Runes of Magic’ and ‘Bounty Bay Online’ Frogster has already gathered over 5 million registered players worldwide. For a release in 2011 Frogster has just recently announced the two highly ambitious MMO games ‘TERA’ and ‘Mythos’. Frogster also intends to enter into the rapidly growing market of browser games with ‘Bounty Bay Live’ and ‘Throne of Fire’ shortly. Currently the Frogster group employs more than 200 staff members in the fields of game development, licensing, IT, web design and web development, product management, marketing, PR, web publishing, community management, support, sales, hosting, billing and finance/administration. Frogster’s subsidiaries Frogster Online Gaming, Frogster America and Frogster Pacific market and operate their games in Europe, America and Oceania respectively. The shares of the Frogster Interactive Pictures AG have been listed in the Entry Standard segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange since February 2006. Internet: www.frogster.de

Godswar Online, first 3D MMORPG on Facebook big hit

2011-01-05T01:54:00.000-08:00

Three weeks after its release, Godswar Online, the first real 3D MMORPG on Facebook proves to be a big success. The news of its upcoming release immediately created excitement around the internet gaming community. Godswar Online, a former client game developed by IGG was turned into a browser game using Kalydo, making the game instantly playable from any website around the world without the need for large downloads and installation.

Within a matter of weeks the browser based version of Godswar Online has reached 300.000 monthly players on the popular social network. With an overall score of 4,7 out of 5 from user reviews, we are happy to see the world of social gaming and high end downloadable games have merged. With Kalydo, fans of advanced 3D games no longer need to download and install large clients to start playing.

Integration into Facebook further enhances social activity and makes it easy to try the game. The time to start playing is reduced from 30 minutes to an average of 1 minute, making it much easier for players to get into the game quickly.

“Godswar Online certainly makes a strong first step in a potential new direction for social games” says Joe Osborne, editor at Games.com in a recent review.

“Finally a new type of game on Facebook, you better watch out, FarmVille.” he predicts in a previous writing.

At this moment work started on a second game titled ‘Dreamland Online’. More news on this will follow shortly.

IGG and Kalydo collaborate to bring 3D MMORPG's to Facebook

2010-11-08T05:10:00.000-08:00

Santa Clara, CA – IGG, a leading global publisher and developer of massively multiplayer games and Kalydo, a fast growing developer of browser game platforms, today announced a partnership to launch a number of previously downloadable MMORPG games as browser games on Facebook. The first games to receive the Kalydo treatment, ‘Godswar Online’ and ‘Dreamland Online’, will be playable from any website around the world without the need for lengthy downloads and installation.

By upgrading their client-based games to browser-based games, IGG is able to market their games more effectively and with lower overall costs. After converting ‘Godswar Online’ and ‘Dreamland Online’ into browser games, the time needed to play them was decreased from 20 minutes to an astonishing 30 seconds, making it much easier for players to get into the game quickly and without hassle. Thanks to this near-instant playability on social networks such as Facebook, IGG is ready to target this global audience of 500+ million players.

Kalydo is the first company in the rapidly growing browser game space to launch fully featured MMORPGs in browsers, making full use of Facebook’s social features. After their recently announced partnership with Emergent Game Technologies, the collaboration with IGG is their second big partnership in a very short period of time, and a sign of their focus on becoming big players in the browser market. Not content to rest on these laurels, Kalydo has a whole slate of games that will be ready for launch in early 2011. With no restrictions on the particular game engine needed for their unique process, development times are short, and new games can be quickly converted and released to keep up with demand.

The first game to enjoy the Kalydo treatment as part of their partnership with IGG, ‘Godswar Online’, is scheduled to go beta on Facebook in December. GodsWar Online enjoys a special place in this partnership as the first game produced by IGG's in house production team and the first 3D MMORPG to be based on the mythology and culture of Ancient Greece.

For more information about GodsWar Online and how it was transformed for the browser market visit www.kalydo.com and www.igg.com

About IGG
Established in 2005, IGG was founded with the aim of becoming a leading massively multiplayer game publisher and developer. With over 20 million users, 17 games in various stages of release and a plan to release a further 11 games in 2010-11, IGG has established itself as one of the leading companies in the field of digital entertainment today.

After receiving early critical acclaim for client-based games such as ‘Tales of Pirates’ and ‘Wonderland Online’, IGG has now become a household name for users who demand quality content, as well as quality service. Continuously improving, IGG has already taken several steps into the browser based and SNS games market and plans to continue to develop its market presence in these rapidly emerging fields. Further plans to expand in these areas throughout 2010 and into 2011 are already underway.

About Kalydo
Developed by Eximion, Kalydo is a leading browser gaming middleware solution which enables the embedding of games, based on any game technology, directly into browsers and social networks. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games breaks down traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. The Kalydo process also decreases distribution costs significantly while simultaneously increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenue. Games can be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a high quality gaming experience from anywhere in the world.

Unlike video streaming solutions, Kalydo runs games locally within the browser, freeing games from such traditional issues as input latency, bandwidth requirements and high server costs. The scalable service is perfectly suited for games with large volumes of concurrent users such as MMORPG’s and FPS style games.

Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched their public beta in 2007 before going commercially live in 2009. For more information, please visit www.kalydo.com

PRESS CONTACT

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Emergent & Kalydo launch playable techdemo on Facebook

2010-11-03T02:11:00.000-07:00

We are happy to announce the release of Metal Wars, the first live playable product we have done together with Emergent Game Technologies to showcase both the Gamebryo engine and the power of the Kalydo browser game platform.

Experience the future of gaming NOW
If you have 30 seconds be sure to check out Metal Wars on Facebook. This high end 3D shooter game showcase was built on the popular Gamebryo engine by Emergent, used for many landmark games such as Fallout 3, Warhammer Online and Oblivion.

This formerly downloadable client-game now runs directly from the browser on the Kalydo platform with near-zero friction, it less than 30 seconds with one click of the mouse. Thanks to single-sign-on you are automatically logged on and the game after which the game content loads progressively as the you continue playing. Kalydo ensures the fastest entry into a full feature, high end game ever.

Emergent Game Technologies and Kalydo recently announced their partnership. A co-exhibit at the GDC Austin TX proved successful.

First video of Gamebryo Lightspeed in the browser with Kalydo

2010-10-06T04:25:00.000-07:00

Recently Emergent Game Technologies announced the integration of Kalydo's browser game technology for its Gamebryo® and Gamebryo LightSpeed® engines. With Kalydo’s browser game platform Gamebryo and LightSpeed users now have the ability to deploy their game as a 3D web browser game.

Today we present the very first video of the Gamebryo Lightspeed engine running in the browser with Kalydo. A real time demo is currently being displayed at the GDC in Austin TX by Emergent and Kalydo.

Gamebryo Lightspeed in the browser video

Deploy high end games on social networks
The video shows the Daydreamer tech demo as deployed on Facebook, using Kalydo's out of the box social couplings and loads incredibly fast. The game is not compromised in any way, it features all of its original functionality. This video shows a live multi-player game match in progress.

More news to follow shortly.

About Emergent Game Technologies www.emergent.net
Best known for its industry-leading 3D game engines, Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed, Emergent's technologies have been selected by studios around the globe to bring nearly 300 titles across more than 15 genres to market, including Game of the Year award-winning titles like Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, as well as critically acclaimed titles like Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Civilization Revolution, QQ Speed, Divinity II – Ego Draconis and Bully. Emergent’s videogame technology is allowing studios to focus on innovative gameplay by enabling rapid prototyping, rapid iteration and rapid production with real-time on-target updates for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, Wii and PC. As part of the international development community, Emergent provides world class support and technologies evolved from deep relationships with its developer partners.

Emergent is headquartered in Calabasas, California, and has offices in Chapel Hill, NC; London; Tokyo; China and Korea.

About Kalydo www.kalydo.com
Developed by Eximion, Kalydo is a leading browser game middleware solution which enables embedding games, based on any game technology, directly into every browser and social network. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games takes away traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. Kalydo decreases distribution costs while increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenues. Games can now be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a fantastic gaming experience from anywhere in the world.

Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched their public beta in 2007 before going commercially live in 2009.

See us at the GDC Austin TX
Emergent & Kalydo at the GDC Austin TX - Booth #600

Emergent Game Technologies and Kalydo announce strategic partnership

2010-09-28T00:11:00.000-07:00

EMERGENT GAME TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES NEW GAMEBRYO® LIGHTSPEED® ONLINE OFFERING, INCLUDING KALYDO'S LEADING WEB BROWSER SOLUTION

Calabasas, CA –September 29, 2010 – Emergent Game Technologies, the worldwide leader in 3D videogame engines, today announced new online capabilities for its Gamebryo® and Gamebryo LightSpeed® engines including Kalydo's web browser technology.

The integration with Kalydo’s browser game platform provides Gamebryo and LightSpeed users the ability to deploy their game as a 3D web browser game. Kalydo Social provides an easy way to convert downloadable online games into a browser game, removing the traditional barriers of downloading and installing associated with many PC games. In addition, Kalydo’s Compact toolset can make downloadable game files up to 50% smaller which improves conversion rates and saves on bandwidth costs.

LightSpeed Demo to Debut at GDC Online, October 6-8, 2010 to Include the Kalydo browser game solution

Kalydo will join Emergent at its booth at GDC Online in Austin, TX, October 5-8, 2010, where LightSpeed integration demonstrations and feature updates will be presented. Show attendees are invited to stop by and see the Emergent team during GDC Online (booth #600). Press interested in meeting with Emergent during the show to learn more about the company and its development products, please contact Tracie Snitker, Reverb Communications, tracie@reverbinc.com.

This news comes on the heels of the announcement between Emergent and Australian independent game developer, Krome Studios that the two companies will merge their middleware technologies and core engineering teams. Emergent Game Technologies will be the exclusive licensor of the combined companies’ work and the roadmap for this initiative will be shared with customers and partners on October 1, 2010.

For more information about Emergent Game Technologies and its development products, please visit www.emergent.net or follow us on Facebook.

About Emergent Game Technologies
Best known for its industry-leading 3D game engines, Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed, Emergent's technologies have been selected by studios around the globe to bring nearly 300 titles across more than 15 genres to market, including Game of the Year award-winning titles like Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, as well as critically acclaimed titles like Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Civilization Revolution, QQ Speed, Divinity II – Ego Draconis and Bully. Emergent’s videogame technology is allowing studios to focus on innovative gameplay by enabling rapid prototyping, rapid iteration and rapid production with real-time on-target updates for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, Wii and PC. As part of the international development community, Emergent provides world class support and technologies evolved from deep relationships with its developer partners.

Emergent is headquartered in Calabasas, California, and has offices in Chapel Hill, NC; London; Tokyo; China and Korea. www.emergent.net.

About Kalydo
Developed by Eximion, Kalydo is a leading browser game middleware solution which enables embedding games, based on any game technology, directly into every browser and social network. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games takes away traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. Kalydo decreases distribution costs while increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenues. Games can now be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a fantastic gaming experience from anywhere in the world.

Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched their public beta in 2007 before going commercially live in 2009. For more information, please visit www.kalydo.com

Kalydo runs 3D games in the browser with one click

2010-08-16T08:04:00.000-07:00

Kalydo, the browser game platform developed by Dutch company Eximion, has updated their software. The new version enables consumers to play high end, full screen 3D games directly in their web browser with only one single mouse click.

“The new one-click system eliminates the need to download and install a plugin to run the games and already works on about 90% of mainstream computers” says CEO Doki Tops.

“In a matter of seconds you are playing your favourite game, at the click of a mouse” says CEO Doki Tops. For computers that don't support it yet, Kalydo added an automatic fall back to ensure maximum compatibility.

“We’ve taken away the traditional barriers. High-end browser gaming is now as accessible as playing a Flash game, which opens up a huge market. In addition we create a user experience that people expect from the web; content on-demand.” adds Doki Tops.

In combination with progressive downloading of content on-demand, Kalydo creates a user experience that reduces the time to play of a game from 60 minutes to well under a minute.

More information: www.kalydo.com
Visit Kalydo at GamesCom: Hall 04.2 Stand E 031 + F 030

Doki Tops panel talk at GCO Leipzig

2010-07-15T05:23:00.000-07:00

Last week the GCO took place in Germany. Industry veterans gathered in a sunny and warm Leipzig to share their vision on market trending, rising issues and new ideas.

Under the lead of panel host Sean Kauppinen, Nils-Holger Henning (Bigpoint), Patrick Streppel (Gamigo) and Pascal Zuta (Aeria Games) and Doki Tops (Kalydo) sat down to offer an interesting perspective on coping with the challenges of re-publishing failed games online.

Game developers have to deal with changing user behavior and expectations in the online market. Can a failed subscription MMO be turned into a hit by changing it to a free to play MMO? Can a downloadable game become successful by re-launching it as a browser game?

Such questions were discussed and more. Inevitably the rising popularity of browser gaming was a big aspect of the panel talk, touching on solutions such as Unity, Kalydo and Gaikai. Both Gamigo and Bigpoint shared that they are in fact working on several titles using Unity. It shows that there is a definite change going on and growing interest to venture into this new way of publishing games, offering opportunities for browser game solutions such as Kalydo.

"Offering games directly in the browser matches user expectations and context and takes away a lot of barriers such as downloading and installing."

"This can mean the difference between losing 50% of your traffic during download and having 80% of them actually try your game."

Doki Tops - CEO Kalydo

Doki Tops and Pascal Zuta listening to the other panel members

Those who are looking to find out more about publishing games in the browser and converting downloadable games to browser games are welcome to visit the Kalydo booth at the GamesCom event in Cologne from 18 till 20 August 2010.

Our booth is located at Hall 04.2 Stand E 031 + F 030
More information: www.kalydo.com

Photo's: © 2010 Leipziger Messe

Kalydo at the GC Online

2010-07-01T06:44:00.000-07:00

We like to let you know Kalydo is attending the GC online convention next week in Leipzig, Germany.

In addition to presenting our ever expanding Kalydo browser game platform, our CEO Doki Tops is also doing two speaker sessions. We invite everyone to come to our booth to see whats new. Like to make an appointment with us? Let us know!

Doki Tops, speaker sessions:

Speaker Session "Downloading is Dead" on Friday 9 July from 11:00 to 11:30 PM
Panel Discussion "Reinventing a broken wheel: Online properties that re-launch successfully" on Friday July 9 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM

Our booth is located at the Congress Centre, Floor +1, B1.

Make your game up to 60% smaller and take it to the browser

Our company website has been updated with new info on our popular services Kalydo Compact and Kalydo Social. We welcome everyone to have a look!

Follow Kalydo on twitter: www.twitter.com/kalydo

Kalydo celebrates launch Lords Online

2010-06-08T01:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we celebrated the European launch of popular strategy game Lords Online. This succesful game is being published by our partner Game Entertainment Europe on their own GO platform. Lords Online will also be published on Netlog in the near future as recently announced.

Kalydo took part in the development of the integration process on the GO platform and will take care of the integration of the game on Netlog, the popular social network. Lords Online, developed by IGG, is actually the first non-3D rendered game (Flash) added to growing list of games.

Lords Online now live on GamersOxygen

2010-05-31T02:22:00.000-07:00

The succesful online strategy game Lords Online (developed by IGG) is now live on the Gamers Oxygen platform. Kalydo took part in its integration process, which emcompasses a future release of the game on Netlog and Facebook.

To start playing Lords Online you don’t have to download a client. Players can log in with their GamersOxygen passport. It also supports OpenID, so players can log in directly with other existing accounts such as Facebook and Windows Live.

Lords Online is published in Europe by our partner Game Entertainment Europe which is known for its popular free to play MMOG communities with more than 1.000.000 registered gamers on their game platform Gamers Oxygen.

Kalydo games moving to Social Networks

2010-05-14T04:40:00.000-07:00

Within a few weeks www.kalydo.com as you know it will change. To reflect the development of both our company and market trend our game website will become the corporate website.

The past half year our Kalydo games have already been featured at the wildly popular social networks such as Facebook and Netlog. With their increasing popularity its no surprise we embrace it too and like you to enjoy it with us!

We invite everyone to continue playing Kalydo games at Facebook and Netlog.

But I love you guys I don't want to move!

Thats ok! Keep playing our games through our newly created subdomain http://games.kalydo.com for that oldschool feeling! Whaa!

Kalydo User Coupling

2010-05-10T05:54:00.001-07:00

Within a few weeks www.kalydo.com as you know it will change. To reflect the development of both our company and market trend our game website will become the corporate website.

We invite everyone to continue playing Kalydo games at Facebook and Netlog.

We have created a user coupling service which enables you to transfer your account to Facebook and Netlog. This way you can continue playing at the new network without having to start over or buying the games again.

We have created a user coupling service which enables you to transfer your account to Facebook and Netlog. This way you can continue playing at the new network without having to start over or buying the games again.

Below is a step-by-step tutorial of how to make to move to Facebook or Netlog.
Should you encounter any problems please let us know: support@kalydo.com We are happy to help you out!

Step 1: Go to Kalydo.com

Go to your Profile page at www.kalydo.com and navigate to the Edit Profile tab. Click the Couple Account button.

Click for large view

Step 2: Go to Kalydo.com

Click Use this account somewhere else button as shown in the picture.

Click for large view

Step 3: Copy your Code

See the unique code on the left and Copy it so you can use it during the next step. Do this by selecting the text and pressing CTRL-C.

Click for large view

Step 4: Visit Kalydo at Facebook or Netlog

Now that you have copied your unique code go to Kalydo games at Facebook or Netlog.

Kalydo games at Facebook

Kalydo games at Netlog

Navigate to your Profile at Facebook or Netlog and click the Couple Account button again. Choose the Use another Kalydo Account button.

Step 5: Paste the code and finish the coupling

Select the input box on the right and Paste (CTRL-V) your copied code into the field. Click the Couple button to finish the process!

You are done coupling your user account to another website. If you have problems please let us know: support@kalydo.com

Kalydo launches first games on Facebook

2010-04-20T04:02:00.000-07:00

After a short period of relative silence (read: we have been very hard at work) we wanted to let you know briefly what we are working on.

Please visit this link to see what we are cooking :)

More news on Facebook and MMO's in the browser is coming soon.

Follow us on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/kalydo

Kalydo - newsflash January

2010-01-27T02:28:00.000-08:00

This is the January news update from Kalydo. If you would like to get in touch and receive additional information on a subject please contact c.vanderlinden @ kalydo.com

Kalydo announces Cube for iPhone Q2 2010

After some speculation last year we can finally announce the first iPhone game is scheduled for realease in Q2 2010. A majority of the technical work has already been done and will continue in the coming months.

Because of the unanimous positive acclaim on Cube - Gardens of Zen we have decided that this needed to be the first game of choice for the iPhone.

Doki Tops, CEO at Kalydo says:

"We are really excited about bringing our 3D games to the iPhone. With our streamlined technology we will set a definite new standard for mobile gaming."

Game Entertainment Europe
and Kalydo at Casual Connect

After our successful show recently at the G-Star convention (Busan, Korea)
this year Game Entertainment Europe and Kalydo will attend the Casual Connect convention in Hamburg. The collective mission: Bring MMO's to social networks using Kalydo's 3D browser game technology.

During the G-Star convention some of the world's leading MMO developers/publishers showed their interest and we are now moving forward bringing the first live demo's to the public.

Kalydo awarded Dutch champion
press releases

Leading Dutch game development magazine Control Online recently said that 2009 was the most successful year for the Dutch game industry so far.

In addition to this, Kalydo was proudly awarded as "the undisputed champion of sending press releases".
Naturally such a compliment makes us very happy! :-)

We like to thank Control Online for they're Kalydo coverage.

Follow us on Twitter

www.twitter.com/kalydo

Play Mahjong Mountain now at Kalydo

2009-12-23T04:34:00.000-08:00

Mahjong Mountain is out now! Be the first to play this brand-new puzzle game at Kalydo. Travel to the island with the majestic Mahjong Mountain and enjoy hours of gaming fun.

Play Mahjong Mountain now

Mahjong Mountain is de spectacular 3D version of this age old classic. Meet jour favourite Cube characters, choose different playable hero’s and enjoy the fantastic locations. Of course, this game features all the great ingredients you would expect from Mahjong.

GEE and Kalydo bring MMO's to Social Networks

2009-11-19T00:38:00.000-08:00

Eindhoven, the Netherlands - 19 November 2009

Game Entertainment Europe, publisher of Online games and Eximion, developer of the Kalydo 3D browser game platform have signed an agreement to bring downloadable MMO games to Social Networks such as Facebook and Netlog.

Therefore, existing downloadable MMO games will be seamlessly ported so users can start and play these games in a Web browser. When ready the online games will be offered to millions of users in Social Networks using Kalydo. With this cooperation both companies follow the success of other Social Games like Restaurant City, Mafia Wars and Farm Ville, where users don’t have to register, download and install games. Also it is very easy to share the game and their game results with many of their friends.

The first game that will be launched is Hovorun (www.hovorun.com), a casual multi player racing game based in the Mario Kart theme. The planning is to launch the first browser version of this game to social networks such as Hyves and Netlog.

“For this cooperation GEE will focus on the selection of the best Online Games from the enormous offering of downloadable MMO games we have. We will localize and promote the games but we can leave the transformation to a browser based game and the distribution to the Social Networks to Eximion. An excellent combination.” according to Richard van Barneveld, CEO of Game Entertainment Europe.

“We want to show the world its now perfectly possible to run large MMO games from the browser. Combining smart engineering, bleeding edge technology such as cloud computing we bring these games to the browser, omitting the need of a large download and installation. Together with Game Entertainment Europe we make the first MMO games widely accessible to a huge group of people on the social networks.” says Doki Tops – CEO at Kalydo

About Kalydo (www.kalydo.com)
Eximion is the visionary company behind Kalydo, a powerful open platform for developing, publishing and monetizing console quality browser games. Working on the bleeding edge of innovation, Kalydo is 100% OpenSocial compatible, offers limitless scalability (Google App Engine) and is smartly streamlined to bring consumers a singularly top quality gaming experience without the need of a large installation.

With its seamless integration into the well-known social networks, Kalydo offers a direct stepping stone to a gigantic online audience, and by combining state of the art technology (including the use of cloud computing) and smart engineering, consumers will be able to play MMO games seamlessly in every browser on the planet.

Based in the Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Eximion has been nominated for several innovation awards such as the MKB Innovation Top 100 and the Fast Fifty of the Quote 500 magazine next to successfully partnering with Netlog (social network of 50+ million users) and Game Entertainment Europe. Plans for the future include cross-platform releases such as the Wii Ware and iPhone.
Follow Kalydo on twitter: www.twitter.com/kalydo

About Game Entertainment Europe (www.ge-eu.com)
Game Entertainment Europe is the leading Pan European publisher for MMO Games. To offer the best game experience all the games are localized for European territory. Game Entertainment Europe organizes promotion, hosting, billing, game mastering and support services. Game Entertainment Europe has earned its rank as one of Europe’s most popular free to play MMOG communities with more than 1.000.000 registered gamers on their game platform www.gamersoxygen.com . The company has offices in Switzerland, Amsterdam and Seoul. Game Entertainment Europe is shareholder in Games Factory Online (www.gamesfactoryonline.com), WZZRD game café’s (www.wzzrd.nl) and Lots Interactive, a game development studio from Korea.

Kalydo upgrades to 3.0 - Important notice

2009-10-28T08:33:00.000-07:00

We are upgrading the Kalydo Player, the software which runs our 3D browser games, to its new version 3.0 between 5 and 10 november.

Everyone will be prompted to re-install the Kalydo Player upon playing a game. This is an automatic, mandatory update. The previous version will no longer work. After installing the new Kalydo Player you will be able to play all of our games again, now and in the future.

Downtime during the transition
Between 5 and 10 November it is possible we will experience a few hours of downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience.

New features in the Kalydo Player v3

The Kalydo Player has been improved with the following key features:

• Up to 3 times shorter loading times
• Better stability and browser support (IE 6, 7, 8, Firefox, Chrome)
• Improved options panel with full screen and audio options
• Extensive scalability with future MMO support
• Automated localisation support (more languages coming soon)

Faster loading times
The most noticable improvement is the extremely optimized loading times of the games. All the games on the Kalydo Platform now load up to 3 times faster than before.

Extensive scalability, security and the future
The Kalydo Platform is growing bigger and bigger and more games are coming your way. In the near future these new games will include multiplayer games and MMO games.

To support this type of games the Kalydo Player has been made ready to seamlessly provide these games in the web browser. Soon you will be able to play MMO’s directly from your web browser, without the need of a large download.

Questions ?

If you encounter any problems with the new Kalydo Player let us know. Please contact us at support@kalydo.com with all your questions.

New Kalydo website design

2009-10-08T08:25:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

Probably you have noticed that the Kalydo website has gotten a new look. So why have we changed the website design?

The past months the number of partner websites that work with Kalydo has increased dramatically. While we really liked the previous website with the green tabs on the side, we needed something that was more fitting for all our partners. The redesign is a combination of design and technical decisions.

Most of our partners have limited space on their website so there was a demand for a smaller 'console'. On top of this we felt that the Kalydo console needed to be even simpler to use so we took out every small thing that was not really neccesary. One of the main new features is that there's now a customizable skin around the Kalydo console which can be different for all our partners. So expect some wonderful cool game artwork to enjoy every time you visit us!

We hope you enjoy the new look of the website. We will miss the old one a little bit as well but that's life! Mahjong Mountain is coming out soon, that's why the new skin is all dressed up and in Mahjong Mountain style. We hope you like it when its out!

regards,

the Kalydo team.

Winners contest Konstrukt Invasion

2009-09-21T07:41:00.001-07:00

The past few months the great music community Tribe of Noise held a contest together with us. In this music contest professional and non-professional musicians were invited to make new music for our shooter game Konstrukt Invasion.

Within the first day there were already over 30 submissions, which grew to a whopping 160 submissions during the course of the contest. The quality was exceptionally high, ranging from classical pieces to rock and electronica.

The contest quickly aquired national and international acclaim, got featured on several reknowned websites and got airplay on the Dutch national radio (BNNToday).

The prize of the concest ofcourse is getting your music featured in our game Konstrukt Invasion. And that's what we have done for you. The two winners (we couldn't decide hehe) are now permanently part of the game on our website and our partners (Netlog, BBGsite).

THE WINNERS

Forest scene
Author: Vincent Webb aka. VinceTheWebb

This music is being used as the new main level theme.

"I found this track needed to be rewarded with the number one position.In my opinion, it's the result of a very original approach on how to create game music. Different music styles are smoothly merged together, led by a futuristic,suitable dose of rhythm. Also, according to me the nature of 'Forest Scene' fitted the style and setting of Konstrukt Invasion best of all challenging tracks."

Remmelt Kuiken - Audio Designer at Kalydo (original author of the Konstrukt Invasion music and sound)

Main theme
Author: Pascal van Stekelenburg aka. NightShader

This song is being used as the new menu music.

"This piece of work proves the composer masters the creation of quality (electronic) music. A very epic track which one can't listen to without being affected by it's imposing gleam. Certainly very good and suitable as menu music but in my opinion a little less original as the winning track."

Remmelt Kuiken - Audio Designer at Kalydo (original author of the Konstrukt Invasion music and sound)

We like to thank everyone for participating in this great event. We had a great time listening to all your music. Good luck to everyone with their musical career.

Downtime due to maintenance

2009-09-16T06:02:00.000-07:00

Hello,

We are doing maintenance to the Kalydo platform. We will experience a short period of downtime either today or tomorrow due to major updates to the system.

Thank you for your understanding.

Kalydo team.

Play Kalydo games free for a week

2009-09-10T02:38:00.000-07:00

Hello Kalydo friends,

We are doing maintenance to the Kalydo platform. To compensate for the possible inconvenience we offer everyone to play our games for free from Thursday 10 to Friday 18 September.

Absolutely free? Yes! So invite your friends, grandparents, schoolmates and have a blast! We wish everyone a lot of fun and apologize for any problems you may have experience.

Best wishes,

Kalydo team.

Mahjong Mountain and Robo Brix beta updated

2009-09-08T08:32:00.000-07:00

Hello,

The beta versions of Mahjong Mountain and Robo Brix have been updated. Both games are in their final stages of development now and we would like to hear from you what you think.

Please send us your feedback and happy gaming!

Regards,

The Kalydo team.

First Classic games go live at Kalydo

2009-08-17T01:24:00.000-07:00

The first games in the new Classic game channel at Kalydo go live today. Mahjong Mountain and Robo Brix are two fantastic remakes of your favorite retro games. With the official launch of the classic game channel, Kalydo celebrates the release of its 7th and 8th game.

Classics reborn at Kalydo
We all know the classic retro games we’ve grown up with. The new Classic game channel at Kalydo brings you these golden oldies in a totally new exciting way. Today, the first two games go live in beta and you can be the first to play them.

Mahjong Mountain
Mahjong Mountain takes you deep into the exotic world of Cube. Meet your favourite Cube characters again and play this age-old game on a majestic mountain. Unlike any other Mahjong game on the planet.

Robo Brix
Robo Brix is an electrifying remake of the classic breakout game. Set in the Robo universe, this 360 degrees action game will have you hooked in no time. Breakout will never be the same...

Note: Mahjong Mountain and Robo Brix are in beta status. If you don't have beta access yet just visit our site and and signup. Due to the large amount of requests this can take up to two days.

Winners Robo Riddle Contest

2009-08-17T01:14:00.000-07:00

The past months a lot of people participated in the Robo Riddle contest. Competition was hard but fair and the entries have been checked by Robo Prof himself. The correct answer to the question was "MAHJONG".

The winners are:

- Roelof Jansen
- Saskia Beekmans
- Daniëlle Rademakers

All the winners get 100 eCoins for free, full ownership of Robo Rescue, avatars and ringtones.

On top of this, Robo Prof hands out a great t-shirt to Daniëlle Rademakers!

We wish to thank everyone for participating in this contest! We had a lot of fun!

Kalydo presents 'GamePro' at Siggraph 2009

2009-08-03T04:12:00.000-07:00

We are rather proud to announce that one of our colleagues, Michiel Roza, is going to present at the renowned Siggraph convention this week. This wednesday, August 5, Michiel will be talking about GamePro, the Realtime Visual Performance Profiler he developed during his graduation at Eximion.

His innovative brainchild GamePro quickly turned into something much bigger than just another graduation project... Read on to find out more about this wonderful, techy and jazzy story!

About GamePro
GamePro is a visual performance and resource profiler for real-time applications.
The key unique feature is it's ability to quickly show performance bottlenecks in an application at any time interval.

For example: Causes of frame drops in games. During profiling GamePro only uses a minimal amount of resources so the real-time application is minimally affected; the application will still be as responsive as before.

The usual suspects and more
GamePro has various visualizations to show the abundance of information in an intuitive way. These visualizations also allow you to compare time frames as well as different application runs. Of course features you would expect in a profiler like finding bottlenecks, memory leaks and memory hogs are also included.

"I am really excited for this opportunity to present at Siggraph 2009. When I started my master, I never thought this could be the result. I'm sure people will like the results I will present!"

Michiel Roza - Engine Developer

Would like to know more about GamePro? Get in touch with our guys at m.roza @ eximion.com or visit www.dreamcreateplay.com to sign up for our buzzing developer corner!

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Attending Siggraph 2009? Here are the details:
Siggraph website

Michiel Roza and Mark Schroders
"A High-Performance Visual Profiler for Games"
Wednesday, 5 August | 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Auditorium A

Classic games coming soon

2009-07-14T07:19:00.000-07:00

Its summer at Kalydo. This doesn’t mean we are away for the holidays, on the contrary, there are lot of cool new games coming your way! The first two games that will kick start our brand-new Classic channel will be available soon.

Kalydo is going to bring you fantastic 3D versions of the classic games we all love from the past. The first two games in our new Classic channel will be Robo Brix (breakout) and Mahjong Mountain (mahjong). Meet your favorite characters again and play these fantastic games in a way that’s only possible at Kalydo.

Robo Brix

This is our 3D homage to the classic Breakout / Arkanoid game. But this time its in a circular arena in the futuristic Robo world. You can play with your favorite hero's again (male en female) in this spectacular action game.

We've added a number of little additions to the original game concept and... ofcourse everything is rendered in amazing 3D graphics. Let the screenshots speak for themselves!

Mahjong Mountain

Meet your Cube friends again in this wonderful Mahjong game. Ever imagined playing mahjong on a majestic mountain? Well! You will be able to do so soon! Mahjong Mountain takes the best of classic mahjong and adds a layer of nice extra's, wide rich environment and funny cute characters.

Kalydo Playtester Guidelines

2009-07-10T04:40:00.000-07:00

Kalydo lets you actively help develop the games by becoming a playtester. You can request Beta Access for games which are in beta at the website. Once you have access you will notice that a green playbutton appears that was not there before.

Games in beta are free to play (which is nice for you ofcourse) but its for a good reason. We need your feedback! So in return for your feedback which is very useful to us, you get to play the games before anyone elese does!

Short summary

1. - Play the game in beta
2. - Go to the Questionnaire and send us your feedback
3. - Enjoy your day !

Sometimes we will use terminology like Closed Beta, Public Beta and Release. What are these? Read on padawan!

What is Closed Beta ?

The term Closed Beta is used for the first rough version of the game that we give to a select group of play testers.

This version of the game does not have all the features that will be in the finished game and it will not look very pretty in some places. This is because we like to to show it to you very early on in the development process.

We like to know if you like the ‘core’ of the game. If you are excited about the game at this point in time, we are confident that we can make you happy with the final result as well. If there are serious problems or you think we have made a wrong choice somewhere we like to hear it. You are free to give feedback about all the aspects of the game, but we are mainly looking for feedback on the core game concept.

Fill out the Questionnaire and let us know what you think of the game at this point.

What is Public Beta ?

A game in Public Beta is offered to all of our playtesters with beta access. The game is now a lot more finished and should feel like a finished product in most places. During Public Beta we try to collect as many bugs, crashes and statistics to make improvements to the final Release version of the game.

What is Release ?

Release is the finished, commercial version of the game that will be published on the Kalydo platform for all our members. The game is not free anymore and can be earned by playing it and comes with avatars and ringtones. The term 'Gold' is also often used for this final version of a game.

Enjoy playing our games and thank you for your help!

The Kalydo Team.

Robo Rescue contest updates

2009-06-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

The Robo Rescue crossworld puzzle contest is in full swing. If you still want to participate and win a fantastisch T-shirt or the game itself, you have until 29-07-2009 to send us your solution.

Download and print the PDF below and start puzzling! Good luck!

If you don't have a PDF viewer download and install it for free here:
Download Adobe Reader English

Als je geen PDF reader hebt download hem dan gratis hier:
Adobe Reader Nederlands

What can I win?

From all the winning entries we will randomly choose the winners. The prizes we will give away are:

1x Robo Rescue T-Shirt
3x Robo Rescue the game
Every participant will receive 100 free eCoins

Send your winning entry to support@kalydo.com before the final closing date: 29-7-2009

Good luck !

Robo Rescue Episode 1 goes live today

2009-06-15T03:03:00.000-07:00

The highly anticipated new action game ‘Robo Rescue’ goes live at Kalydo today!

Robo Rescue sets a new standard for 3D browser games, while still maintaining compatibility with older pc’s and notebooks. In the first episode of Robo Rescue gamers take on the role of a dashing female or male Robo hero to help defeat the mischievous Evil Robo.

Play this fantastic new game today

Join the Rescue Crossword Contest and win!

To celebrate the release of this wonderful new game we have organised a new contest. Below is a link to a crossword puzzle about Robo Rescue. If you find all the correct answers (by playing the game) you will find a series of letters which form a word we are looking for.

To participate download and print the following page:

If you don't have a PDF viewer download and install it for free here:
Download Adobe Reader English

Als je geen PDF reader hebt download hem dan gratis hier:
Adobe Reader Nederlands

What can I win?

From all the winning entries we will randomly choose the winners. The prizes we will give away are:

1x Robo Rescue T-Shirt
3x Robo Rescue the game
Every participant will receive 100 free eCoins

Send your winning entry to support@kalydo.com before the final closing date: 29-7-2009

Good luck !

Our team members speak:

Doki Tops, CEO at Kalydo, says:

“Robo Rescue is the first game to come out as an episode where our previous games tended to be bigger. This time we focused on making this into a stunning experience that is completely tailored for the web, where players can come in for just a few minutes of fun or spend the entire afternoon on it.”

Chris van der Linden, Creative Director, adds:

“This game is all about fast paced action and humor. We tried to make it fun for everyone. Those who are really hardcore can find enough extra’s in the game to challenge their skill, others will have enough on their hands just finishing all the levels.”

Robo Rescue Episode one is available now exclusively at the Kalydo game platform and comes with a range of fantastic Ringtones and Avatars.

Mark Schroders – Technical Director at Kalydo talks about the game technology:

“Robo Rescue is a big step forward when it comes to graphics. We’ve been able to make this one of the best looking 3D browser games out there, without the use of Pixel Shaders. Those who own a netbook or older PC will still be able to play our games, where the current trend is to make games heavier and heavier on the system. We believe games should be fun for everyone and work hard to get great looking results while staying in the mainstream segment.”

End of the beta period - highscore lists will be reset
After a successful beta period, Robo Rescue Episode 1 is now available to the public. As part of the transition from beta to public release we will reset the current highscorelists. We would like to thank all of our playtesters for their help and hope you enjoy playing the final version of the game.

Kalydo announces Classic game channel

2009-06-05T01:29:00.000-07:00

Eindhoven, The Netherlands – June 5 – Kalydo, the browser based 3D game platform, announces its upcoming Classic game channel. Next to its larger, often story driven games, the classic games will offer an alternative stream of games, reshaping the retro games of old into Kalydo’s trademark 3D worlds. Kalydo hopes to appeal to an even wider audience this way and substantially increases the number of quality game releases.

After a successful beta period, Kalydo had its commercial launch earlier this year. A constant increase of players and successful partnerships has earned them a modest place in online 3D gaming already. Kalydo now moves forward to expand its scope and introduces the Classic game channel.

Instead of delivering simple remakes of classic retro games, players can expect wonderfully creative 3D games in the likes of their big brothers, already offered at Kalydo. The classic games will have an attractive price point and come with goodies such as ringtones and avatars. The first games are scheduled for launch within a two months .

Rob van Gulik, Game Technology Director at Kalydo says:

“We are very excited about the classic game channel and to us it was not even so much about the strategic advantages. We noticed for some time our game developers just love to work on smaller creative projects that they could go crazy on. It’s a great way to re-use some of our creative work and give a new spin to those classic games we all have grown up with.”

Chris van der Linden, Creative Director at Kalydo adds:

“We are really going the extra mile on these classic games. Every games receives a unique treatment so it stands out on its own. For example Mahjong Mountain sees the return of your favorite Cube characters, on a majestic mountain set in Cube world. Its not going to be a Mahjong like the ones you get everywhere for free, this is a true adventure.”

Those interested in staying in touch with the development of the classic games can join Kalydo on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kalydo

Press contact:

Chris van der Linden – Press / PR
c.vanderlinden @ eximion.com

Doki Tops – CEO Eximion
d.tops @ eximion.com

Relevant links:
www.kalydo.com
www.twitter.com/kalydo

Winners of this month's contest

2009-05-29T02:13:00.000-07:00

Hello! We like to announce the winners of this month's win-a-game contest.
A lot of people have played our games and battled their way into into the highscore lists.

The proud winners of a free game are:

Marjo Titulaer - Number 1 highscore in Goofball 360.
She chose to get Konstrukt Invasion for free. Have fun!

Rob van Gulik - 3d place in Oggo's Odyssey.
Rob wanted to get Cube - Gardens of Zen for free. Here you go!

Other winners are:

libin5619 - 5th place Mojo Drift
libin5619 gets Mojodrift for free including ringtones and avatars.

sebaxbkn: 7th place Mojo Drift

sebaxbkn gets Mojodrift for free including ringtones and avatars.

marjo: 7th place Oggo's Odyssey
marjo get's Oggo's Odyssey for free including ringtones and avatars.

PaulWills: 9th place Mojo Drift
PaulWills gets Mojodrift for free including ringtones and avatars.

NandoKilla: 9th place Konstrukt Invasion
NandoKilla gets Konstrukt Invasion for free including ringtones and avatars.

Gemberkoekje: 10th place Goofball 360
Gemberkoekje gets Goofball 360 for free including ringtones and avatars.

bertje: 10th place Cube - Gardens of Zen
bertje gets Cube Gardens of Zen for free including ringtones and avatars.

Robo Rescue beta players

A large number of people have played the Robo Rescue beta and got stellar highscores there.

While officially Robo Rescue beta was not included in the contest we have decided to hand out 250 free eCoins to these players. Happy gaming!

1. 424200 Bor
2. 378600 Crowarlix
3. 365700 Yuron
4. 364300 Loekie
5. 354900 Seb
7. 349250 remmelt
8. 344300 Therkiller

We had a great time with this contest. We hope you enjoy your free game!

Shocking news! Evil Robo on the loose

2009-05-13T01:23:00.000-07:00

The Robo Daily confirms: Evil Robo is on the loose!

Follow the news on www.twitter.com/roborescue

BBGsite promo code givaway event!

2009-05-12T02:22:00.000-07:00

Our friends at BBGsite have just launched a fantastic givaway event to celebrate our partnership. They are handing out 500 unique coupon codes which grant you 250 free eCoins. In order to participate you have to be a registered user at BBGsite or MMOsite.

This month is going to see more cool events coming your way so keep an eye out!

Robo Rescue - Episode I
Also, Episode I of the long awaited Robo Rescue game is going live soon. The beta is about to come to a close. We would like to thank everyone for playing and sending us feedback.

Classic Games
In other news: We are working on a series of 'classic' games set in our own creative IP's such as Cube, Nauticz and Robo. We will announce this officially later, complete with the first behind-the-scenes screenshots. This is going to be a blast for everyone who loves those classic games most of us grew up with.

Stay up to date with the latest happenings on Kalydo through Twitter: www.tiwtter.com/kalydo

Playcomet fan of Kalydo games

2009-05-06T01:24:00.000-07:00

More and more people are picking up Kalydo games. We like to thank the wonderful Playcomet game portal for including our games. We really love their site, it looks great and is really userfriendly.

Do you have a great game website and would like to include our game catalogue? Check out our press portal and grab the Trailers, Screenshots and info package. Thank you for your interest!

Kalydo goes live at BBGsite

2009-05-05T04:02:00.000-07:00

Fuzhou, Fujian, China – May 5, 2009

As announced earlier this month, Kalydo signed a partnership with BBGsite, one of the leading web game portals. The Kalydo games go live at this popular Asian game portal today. Gamers at BBGsite can now enjoy these top quality 3D games on the web with the user friendly Kalydo console. BBGsite will actively promote the Kalydo brand and games and expands its already impressive game catalogue by integrating the Kalydo platform.

Put Kalydo games on your website
Eximion is the visionary company behind Kalydo, the open platform for developing and publishing console quality web games. Game websites can partner with Kalydo and share revenue through an easy, no-to-low cost integration of the Kalydo games.

Read more at: www.dreamcreateplay.com

The unique technology behind Kalydo allows third party developers to create and publish and monetize games, benefiting from its extensive revenue sharing model and services.

Since its start in 2006 the platform has made huge steps forward and has set the tone for what is possible in web based gaming. Kalydo has opened its doors to third-party game developers, publishers and game websites and is happy to hear from you.

Read more at: www.dreamcreateplay.com

Kalydo partners with BBGsite

2009-04-27T05:49:00.001-07:00

Fuzhou, Fujian, China - April 22, 2009 – Fuzhou TM Websoft Inc., the company behind BBGsite, one of the leading browser game portals, announced today that it has partnered with Kalydo to incorporate their games into their website. BBgsite will actively advertise the Kalydo games, the brand and participate in creative branding opportunities for the Kalydo game platform.

BBGsite is a website dedicated to offering browser-based games to web game fans and is moving towards becoming the No. 1 web game portal in the English speaking world. Successfully featuring popular browser games such as RuneScape, Moondo and Gladiatus, BBGsite was ranked as one of the top gaming sites of 2009.

"We're excited by this opportunity to partner with Kalydo because of Kalydo's unmatched ability in offering players console quality games in their web browser. And we hope the partnership will bring a wider range of browser based games for all BBGsite users." Carolyn Chen - PR Representative BBGsite.

"We are really happy with the partnership with BBGsite. They are a very active online presence and have put web games on the map where others only look at hardcore games. Their passion about professional casual games is addictive and we are excited to work together." Doki Tops – CEO Eximion BV.

Since its start in 2006 the platform has made huge steps forward and has set the tone for what is possible in web based gaming. A successful show at the Leipzig GC in 2008 resulted in an overwhelming positive response which resulted in the first partnerships. Kalydo opens its doors to third-party game developers, publishers and marketers and is happy to hear from you.

More information about the Kalydo platform and partnership opportunities can be found at:

www.kalydo.com/partnerships
www.eximion.com
www.kalydo.com

HAVEN game announced for Kalydo

2009-04-21T08:30:00.000-07:00

Eindhoven, The Netherlands - 21 April 2009 Eximion Game Studio and Kalydo announce the development of a new game with the working title 'Haven'. This dramatic futuristic battle between the forces of light and dark marks a new era of game development, featuring vastly improved graphics, engine technology and sound.

Since its start in 2008, Kalydo has published a number of successful 3D browser games. These pushed the boundaries of what was thought possible for web based games. Eximion, the company behind Kalydo, says on its website to build ‘console quality games for your browser. With the first look of their new game ‘Haven’ (working title) this seems a valid claim. No release date has been mentioned yet.

Those interested can follow the development of this innovative browser game through the website http://haventhegame.kalydo.com/
On this website there is a daily feed of development news and images straight from the developers.

“We are very excited about this new game project. We are developing it on the new version of our Kalydo engine technology which will be available to third parties soon. The capabilities of the Kalydo GDK ‘V2’ are so incredibly advanced we have only yet begun to discover its potential.”

Doki Tops – CEO Eximion BV.

Eximion is the visionary company behind Kalydo, the open platform for developing and publishing console quality web games. The unique technology behind Kalydo allows third party developers to create and publish and monetize games, benefiting from its extensive revenue sharing model and services.

Since its start in 2006 the platform has made huge steps forward and has set the tone for what is possible in web based gaming. A successful show at the Leipzig GC in 2008 resulted in an overwhelming positive response which resulted in the first partnerships. Kalydo opens its doors to third-party game developers, publishers and marketers and is happy to hear from you.

More information:
http://haventhegame.kalydo.com/
www.kalydo.com
www.eximion.com

Kalydo launches new website

2009-04-16T06:51:00.000-07:00

The Kalydo website has been upgraded to a smashing new version which supports multiple languages. The first thing you can do is choose the language settings for the website. Different languages for our games are in development and will follow soon.

New language Dutch / Nederlands
To kick off this major upgrade we now support Dutch as the first new language next to English. Visit www.kalydo.nl or change your profile settings to 'Nederlands' to view the website in Dutch.

Kalydo virtual console V2
The past few months we have worked hard to bring you a better user experience. The entire website has received a fresh new look and better usability. The improved user-friendly Shop enables you to buy eCoins, Games and Merchandise easy and secure. Next to this we have made numerous improvements everywhere. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Buy a game and get cool free extra's
Our new Shop makes buying your Kalydo games easy and safe. As you can see you can keep track of your discount for each game and your reduced price. Every game you buy features a ton of free extra's such as new avatars and ringtones taken straight from the source files of our Audio designer.

Visit our new shop now and see what's in store for you.

BBGsite fan of Robo Rescue

2009-04-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

Our friends at BBGsite have featured our brand new game Robo Rescue on their site.
Robo Rescue is our latest game in development and has stirred up a lot of positive feedback.

Check out BBGsite right here.

Be the first to play - get beta access now
We are still accepting beta candidates so if you want to play this beautiful action game send us an email.

More info:
www.kalydo.com
www.robo-rescue.com
www.twitter.com/roborescue

Robo Rescue - new screenshots

2009-04-03T06:19:00.000-07:00

Robo Rescue has been in beta for a few weeks now. If you have not played it yet you can request beta access now and be the first to play this fun game. Send us a mail to request beta access.

*Note: this may take up to two days. You will be notified.

In the meantime our game development team has been working on the final version of the game. New levels are being made for both the Clouds world as well as Factory. On top of this there will be more story in the game. You will get to see more Robo Prof and Evil Robo. We have received a lot of positive reactions on Robo Rescue and will work hard to make it even better!

More info on the official www.robo-rescue.com website.

Robo Rescue goes beta

2009-03-20T07:20:00.000-07:00

We are happy to announce our new game Robo Rescue goes beta. Some of you might already have noticed it but now its official. Request beta access now and be the first to play this game.

Robo Rescue - Electrifying fun

Robo Professor needs your help. Evil Robo is causing trouble. Roll your way through challenging levels and rescue your friends. In this beta you can play a first set of levels set in the Clouds world. Use the crazy inventions from the Robo Prof to overcome obstacles along the way.

Request beta access now

Be the first to play Robo Rescue and request beta access now. Simply send us a note and we will update your Kalydo account. You will be notified when this happens.

* Note: This may take up to two days maximum.

Game change log

All games:
- Escape key will not quit fullscreen mode anymore
- The options panel (pause/fullscreen/mute) has been improved in all games
- Move your mouse down to the bottom of the screen to pull up options menu

Robo Rescue (closed beta):
- new camera implemented
- HUD graphic updates
- no longer fullscreen toggle @ char unlocking
- added new Clouds level(s)
- buttons reset on respawn
- checkpoint glow effect fixed
- new level music added
- adjusted and added bouncers
- sizebar gone when reaching exit
- checkpoint respawn orientation fixes
- character unlock system V3
- focus / speed bug fixes
- many small bugfixes

Cube:
- fixed a few crashes that would occur when button bashing
- boss animations added
- fixed pause while finishing level bug
- fixed infinite points bug
- fixed zoom-in bug
- water splash added
- final level effect added
- storyscreen improvement

Oggo's Odyssey:
fix for special item scores
hero shader fix after swooping move
fixed a crash in the mapscreen/main menu transition
fixed pause cheat while swooping

Konstrukt Invasion:
- menu scene optimizations
- cannot push through level geometry anymore

Mojo Drift:
- fixed crash when going back in the menu after playing
- fixed bounciness of level geometry
- fixed bug where some characters would hit themselves when throwing an item

Kalydo now supports Wallie payment

2009-03-16T06:11:00.000-07:00

We have updated our payment options to include Wallie payment cards. Next to iDeal, PayPal and SMS/Text you can now use your Wallie card to pay for eCoin packages or entire games.

Wallie is a leading payment provider which is used by partners such as Habbo Hotel and Disney's Toon Town and as of today: Kalydo

Should you have any questions or encounter problems do let us know at support@kalydo.com. We wish you a lot of gaming fun!

Cube - Gardens of Zen launches on Kalydo

2009-03-11T02:31:00.000-07:00

Eindhoven, The Netherlands – (March 11 2009)

Eximion game studio releases their highly anticipated game “Cube – Gardens of Zen” on the online game platform Kalydo. This 3D puzzle game about a young hero looking for the mysteries of life immediately won the hearts of many game enthusiasts around the world. Through solving challenging six-sided puzzles the player takes a magical journey through the world of Cube. During a successful beta period the game raised interest from both iPhone and Wii developers.

“Cube is one of those games that just feels completely right. The development from art direction to programming went very smoothly. An early public showing raised so much enthusiasm we started looking into other game platforms such as the Wii and iPhone. Cube is also our first puzzle game which adds a popular genre to our game catalogue.” Doki Tops – CEO Eximion

Puzzling zen in the world of cube
Solve challenging six-sided puzzles to guide the young hero Cub on his quest. Meet Sensei and his Cinjas and various mystical creatures who guide your way to ultimate wisdom. Cube – Gardens of Zen is a magical journey through the four seasons of the Cube world. The game features 88 levels spread across the four seasons of the year, memorable characters and… the answers to life.

“Cube raises the bar of what you can do with a puzzle game. Its richly detailed real-time 3D graphics are stunning. Coupled with a great storyline and adorable characters it is no wonder the game is embraced by a wide audience. The game provides a ton of game play fun for young and old.” Chris van der Linden – Creative Director Eximion

Cube coming to Wii Ware
We are happy to announce Cube - Gardens of Zen is scheduled for release on the Wii Ware. No release date has been scheduled yet, but we are targeting late 2009. Several websites have already picked up on the news. If you would like to know more check out the following links:

Interview with Wii Ware World
Game review at Wii Ware World
Exclusive Video review at Wii Folder
Coverage at GoNintendo

About Eximion
Eximion is the visionary company behind Kalydo, a powerful platform for developing and publishing console quality web games. The unique technology behind Kalydo allows 3rd party developers to develop and publish their own games on the Kalydo publishing platform, benefiting from its extensive revenue sharing model and services. As part of its activities, Eximion develops a number of games for the Kalydo platform each year, to showcase Kalydo’s capabilities to full extent.

More information about Eximion can be found on www.eximion.com

About Kalydo
Kalydo is the open online game platform, publishing console quality games for the web browser. Since its start in 2006 the platform has made huge steps forward and has set the tone for what is possible in web based gaming. A successful show at the Leipzig GC in 2008 resulted in an overwhelming positive response which resulted in the first partnerships. Most important of these is the complete integration into the leading social networks. With external developers ready to start developing more games for the platform, Kalydo now gears up for the future.

More information about the Kalydo platform and partnership opportunities can be found on: www.kalydo.com and http://portal.kalydo.com

Press contact
Chris van der Linden – Press / PR
c.vanderlinden@eximion.com

Business inquiries
Doki Tops – CEO Eximion
d.tops@eximion.com

Relevant links
www.cubethegame.com

www.kalydo.com
http://portal.kalydo.com

Game updates at Kalydo

2009-03-10T10:04:00.000-07:00

We would like to let you know all of our games have been updated. The major change is yet invisible but will change a lot for our users. The games have been prepared so they can be localised (translated in different languages) in the near future.

GoofBall 360, Mojo Drift, Konstrukt Invasion, Oggo's Odyssey and Cube have all been made localisation-ready.

Rob van Gulik (Game Tech Director) explains:

"Very soon we will launch the new version of the Kalydo Console which enables you to choose your language for the site and games. You may have already noticed other updates to the website. The first languages will be Dutch, German and English. More languages are expected to follow soon."

On top of this all of our current games have received updates to fix small problems. Below is a change log of everything that was done. Thank you for playing our games and sending Error Reports.

Game change log

Cube:
fixed some crashes in autumn levels
improved level selection screen
a number of interface improvements
added a number of missing animations

Oggo's Odyssey:
fix for special item scores
hero shader fix after swooping move
fixed a crash in the mapscreen/main menu transition
fixed pause cheat while swooping

Konstrukt Invasion:
fixed an error with the in-game creature/weapon database

GoofBall360:
tweaked the new combo and powerup settings

Mojo Drift:
fixed error in difficulty selection

Robo Rescue (closed beta):
fixed a number of crashes
character selection is now available
scores are saved and published on the website

Wii Ware World reviews Cube - Gardens of Zen

2009-03-09T01:23:00.000-07:00

After the excellent video review by Josh Thomas from WiiFolder, the guys at Wii Ware World have done a nice review of our latest game Cube - Gardens of Zen.

On top of this they have done an interview with Chris about the latest happenings.

Check the game review here

Read the interview with Chris

We would like to thank Corbie and Darren for their effort. Wii Ware World has invited us to do an interview so expect more news on Cube - Gardens of Zen soon. If you have not done so we invite you to play Cube now here at Kalydo. Happy gaming!

Exclusive video review of "Cube" on WiiFolder

2009-03-05T13:07:00.000-08:00

Our latest game Cube - Gardens of Zen has received a fantastic review by Josh Thomas from WiiFolder. Wowowowooooooow.... Wii ?!

Yes, be sure to check it out and leave us your comment! GOoooooooooooooo to WiiFolder

While this game is seeing its premiere here at Kalydo we are also working to get it on the Wii as a Wii Ware title. We can not give any details on this just yet other than Josh is giving away in his excellent video review. We welcome everyone to play the PC version and give us feedback.

Other sites who are featuring this video:
GoNintendo
Wii Ware World

Thanks to Josh from WiiFolder and Erik Paul from Wipido and Mig69

First third party game projects on Kalydo

2009-02-27T06:28:00.000-08:00

Normally you read news here about our games on the Kalydo platform. But did you know Kalydo is actually an 'open' platform? This means that other companies or hobbyists are free to develop their own games for it. Want to see what other people are doing with our game platform?

Check it out at Kalydo Publish!

These are the first in a series of external projects on the Kalydo platform. We are also working together with a number of (Dutch and foreign) game developers who are looking to publish a game at Kalydo and integration into the largest social community of Europe is allmost a fact. Stay tuned for more info.

STARATA
The first project is Starata , a classic topdown 2D arcade shooter. This game was made by Maarten Tops, who also teaches how to use our game engine in the game classes at the NHTV in Breda. We think its a very cool game and hope to see more people doing their own in the future!

Check Starata out at Kalydo Publish!

NURSE MATH
The second demo is called Nurse Math. This serious application was built by a group students from the NHTV in Breda. The goal of the game is to help nurses get better at math. Lack of math skills results in a large number of wrong doses of medications in hospitals each year. This game is intended to solve that in a fun way.

Check it out at Kalydo Publish!

Enjoy playing with these demo's. Others included are 'Ship Demo' and 'Circuitboard'. Descriptions are on the right side of the screen. Press ESC to bring op the options menu inclding Fullscreen and audio Mute.

Hey this looks intersting. Can I work with Kalydo too?
Want to know more about the Kalydo platform? Check out our developer community called Kalydo World or visit www.dreamcreateplay.com

We love to hear from you. Thanks.

Cube beta - game updates

2009-02-13T06:19:00.001-08:00

The Cube - The Gardens of Zen beta has been updated. Thanks to your feedback we have made the following updates / fixes to the game.

Wildcard feature added
Collect as much Lotus flowers to get Wildcards. If there's a level you have a hard time completing, use a Wildcard to skip it.

Score system changes
We've updated the score system so you have more ways to score points. Its now virtually impossible to score '0' points upon finishing a level. :D

Game ending v1
Its now possible to 'finish' the game ;) The final outro is ofcourse going to be much cooler than this first version, but hey! At least you can finish the game now :D

Complete list:
- added some weather effects, especially in Autumn season
- lots of sounds added
- various small effects and particles
- loading screen updated
- NPC's talk and have idle animations
- clock fixes
- fixed final level
- hud door/transition screen added
- several bugfixes
- disabled wildcards in boss levels
- season puzzles updated
- positional sounds improved
- HUD update
- boss level endings
- fix for pushables
- fishes in summer levels
- lava balls in final level
- tweaked some level times
- skyboxes improved
- stats screen tweak
- mushroom in autumn levels

BBG features Kalydo games

2009-02-13T05:08:00.000-08:00

BBGSite, a wonderful community site that covers everything worthwhile happening in casual game land, now features the first Kalydo games. So start voting everyone and check out this cool and very active website! Its great!

The games they cover from Kalydo:

Cube - Gardens of Zen
Konstrukt Invasion
Oggo's Odyssey

Goofball 360 updated

2009-01-30T06:50:00.000-08:00

Goofball 360 has been updated. Your feedback was mostly about the score system and the use of itemz. Rob (game tech director) talks about the changes that are made to the game.

Scoring system and rounds

"A lot of people complained about the way the scoring system works. In particular the seperate rounds didn't work out really well. This has been changed now." Rob van Gulik

Scores are now added up between rounds, resulting in one whooping total score. So the bonus round really adds to your chances of success. This does mean that you are able to get bigger highscores, resulting in a new upper deck in the highscore tables.

More chance on Itemz
One of the things we have also improved is the chance of getting the right Itemz. The current version of the game is a little light on the amount of Itemz, so we adressed this.

"It used to be hard to make a good Combo because there were so few Itemz. In the new version of the game this is solved. The better you perform the bigger your chances are to get more Itemz. This really raises the potential for big highscores so get gaming again :D" Rob van Gulik

New Goofball 360 levels
We are happy to announce Goofball 360 will receive even more updates soon. Our art department is designing and building a set of new levels to add to the collection. What will the style of the levels be? Keep an eye out for news and you will be the first to know!

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All updates

Game Engine change log version 1.12.19:
05-02-2009: Tiling textures imported from collada format
05-02-2009: Temporarily disabled DirectX selection due to bad compatibility
04-02-2009: Added disable of aero on vista when going into fullscreen and enable when going out of fullscreen
03-02-2009; fix rendering of meshes with textures without having texture coordinates
03-02-2009; fix collision detection

Konstrukt Invasion:
02-02-2009: Possible crash during Gyata and Dutoga boss fight.

Goofball 360:
02-02-2009: Fixed a problem that occurred while saving the game progress

Cube beta starts today

2009-01-28T06:16:00.000-08:00

*** Edit: Beta currently in progress, for beta access look below ****

The Cube - Gardens of Zen beta starts today. Play this wonderful game and let us know what you think about it. We will take all your feedback and errors into account to create the final version of the game...

Wait no longer and play this kickass game now!

HELP I can not play the game!
To play Cube, your Kalydo account needs to have beta access. A lot of people have already requested this. Do you want to help test this game as well? Great! Send us a message and we will give your account beta access too.

*Note: This might take up to two days but most of the time its faster. :D

Goal of the beta
The beta phase is the final step in creating a game. To make Cube into the best experience we can, your help is vital. There could be errors which need fixing or gameplay issues. Then there's all those ideas you might have for small improvements. We love to hear about all of them!

Our website offers you a simple way to get in touch with us. The Feedback tab is very handy to send us your comments.

Thank you for playing!

The Kalydo Team.

Kalydo game platform upgrades to OpenID

2009-01-21T04:28:00.000-08:00

Eindhoven, The Netherlands - Januari 22, 2009

The new and upcoming Kalydo game platform moves up to the frontlines of 2.0 web standards with the integration of OpenID. This universal internet identity has seen an immense growth the past year, and is now embraced by all major players such as Microsoft, AOL, Google, Facebook and Yahoo. Integration of OpenID is Kalydo's first step towards its higher goal: complete integration into the large OpenSocial platforms.

Kalydo, the new gaming platform developed by Dutch company Eximion, brings beautiful console quality games to the browser. The OpenID technology makes it possible for gamers to login simply using one of their existing online IDs. There's no need to register. Simply use your Google, Yahoo, AOL or Facebook personalia to login. Logging into the best online games has never been easier.

Great games made easy
Strongpoint of the Kalydo game platform is that it enables consumers to play top quality 3D games in their browser. No need for a big download or installation. The one-time only installation of the Kalydo plugin is all you need. On top of this everything is perfectly tailored towards today's mainstream PCs and laptops. So don't worry, these games will work fine on your newly bought Netbook. You don't need a monster PC to enjoy the games at Kalydo.

Kalydo gearing up for the next step
After a succesful beta period to prove the stability of the platform and and a strong presentation at the Leipzig GC past year, Kalydo is now making big leaps forward. A positive response from game developers, community portals and online publishers fueled the rapid development of OpenSocial integration.

Answering the increasing interest
To meet the growing demand of information on its products and services, Kalydo has launched a special portal page. On their http://portal.kalydo.com interested parties can navigate to the relevant areas of interest with ease. Being in the market now for partnerships, Kalydo is happy to hear from you.

More information:

www.kalydo.com Your Virtual Console
portal.kalydo.com Kalydo central - Information hub on everything "Kalydo"
OpenId - The universal online ID

Cube coming to Kalydo

2009-01-15T06:46:00.000-08:00

Puzzling zen in the world of cube

A brand new game is coming to Kalydo soon. Find out everything about this wonderful puzzle game in the Gardens of Zen.

"Guide the young hero Cub on his quest through the Gardens of Zen. Meet Sensei and his Cinjas and various mystical creatures who guide your way to ultimate wisdom. This is a magical journey through the four seasons of the cube world"

Featuring 100 levels of puzzling zen, four wonderful seasons, memorable characters and the answers to life. Watch the sneak preview now on www.cubethegame.com

Be the first to play this game
Cube is going into beta soon. This means we will invite a number of people to playtest it. We are looking forward to hear from our most active players.

Would you like to play Cube and help us test it? Send us a message with:

CUBE BETA ON and your USERNAME.

We will grant you 'beta access'. You will be notified when the game is available to play. Note* You have to be registed at Kalydo to participate in the beta.

Interview w. Michiel Roza - 3D Motion Planning

2009-01-12T04:20:00.000-08:00

Today I sat down with one of our programmers Michiel Roza. He joined our team a few months ago and is currently working on the Kalydo game engine.

To get to know a little more about his work I asked him a few questions. Let's see what Michiel had to say:

Michiel, what is your background?

I am a Master of Computer Science which I got at the Eindhoven University of Technology in August of last year. I then started working at Eximion (the company behind Kalydo) in September.

My hobbies include programming, going to the theatre and driving / tuning my old VW Beetle.

How did you find out about Eximion / Kalydo?

My tutor at the university gave me various suggestions as to where I could do my graduation project. Among these were Philips Medical and Eximion BV. I'm a real technology geek, and love to play video games, so doing my final project at a company that builds technology and games sounded very attractive.

For my graduation project I worked on building a performance profiler. This is a piece of software which is able to detect performance issues in our technology/games. The novelty here is that my software can do it in realtime (eg. while playing a game). Most profilers use a lot of CPU power so they can not work realtime. After profiling our programmers can fix certain issues and as a result our games run as smooth as ever, even on older computers and video cards.

What are you currently working on?

Currently, I am working on artificial intelligence (or AI in short). AI is the technology which make's computer controlled characters in the game look intelligent. They act and react to what happens to them, making it a pivotal part of the game experience.

In game terms these AI controlled characters are often called "Bots". Here you see a bot following a path (white line on the ground).

I just finished working on path planning, which enables these Bots to decide and follow a path. Currently, I am working on improving our steering behaviors, so that the Bots behave more intelligently. For example they use Behaviours to react to their surroundings according to a set of rules...

Ok, sounds cool. Tell us some more

Basically, the programmer tells the steering behavior system what the Bot should do. For instance, the Bot may be fleeing or the bot may want to pick up a power-up to restore its health.

I'm currently implementing flocking behaviors so bots react to other bots that are near eachother. The result is a behaviour resembling a flock of sheep or seagulls. This can be quite fun whenever a group of monsters wander around a forest, and flock together. This kind of behavior is also used in many movies where a large group of people or monsters is on screen.

A famous example is the blockbuster movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings, whith its massive battle scenes. The software they created to do this was, funny enough, called "Massive" :D Pretty cool huh?

Picture from the Lord of the Rings movie courtesy of New Line Cinema

What's difficult about building an AI sytem?>

Well, the system has many, many aspects. It needs to ensure that the Bot is able to reach its goals, but avoid obstacles along the way. AI is trying to imitate intelligence, so when they bump into the walls often they don't look intelligent to the player. These kind of flaws reduce the believability of the behavior of the characters.

Wow! Sounds tough! What do you like about working on this?

I mostly like the visual results. Its great to see flocks of creatures wandering around or space ships swirling around asteroids, shooting at the player. And to think it is my code that makes those bots intelligent! Err, well... look intelligent that is. Don't worry, they will not rebel and try to take over your computer!

This screenshot shows a lot of spaceships flocking and following a path to their destination, avoiding asteroids while they go.

Would you like to tell us your favorite Kalydo game?

My favorite game right now is Mojo Drift, and because of that, I am constantly try to improve my score. I love to smack the other players with all the variouz itemz and going through the hoops, while enjoying the beautiful surroundings. I think the night races (which you unlock at certain points) look really cool, and gives an extra dimension to the gaming experience.

As a Kalydo engine developer, I have the privilege to see games that are still being developed. Recently, I played the game called Cube, a puzzle game where the player is (you guessed it!) a cube solving very cubical puzzles. I think that when it is released, it will replace Mojo Drift as my favorite game, because it is very innovative, and a real challenge for the mind.

What keeps you awake at night?

Usually not too much (which is a good thing, right?) but sometimes, when I am working on something I have a hard time solving, I might wake up at night with a solution. At that point I just have to get up and boot my computer to try it out.

What keeps you awake at day ;) ?

A large amount of coffee ;)

Thank you Michiel!

No problem!

Next time we will talk to Micha, who is working on our Physics system.

Mojo Drift game review

2009-01-07T04:12:00.000-08:00

Game review by Ben van Asselt

Fun games in your browser??
"Hey Ben, want to play fun games in your browser?" they asked me.

Hell yeah!! I was invited by the people at Kalydo to try their games so I tried it during the Holidays.

I have chosen to play Mojo Drift and tell you about it. You can play this game now at www.kalydo.com

Game description
In this underwater game you have to race against other characters in different environments. Every level has its own difficulties and options. The trick is to push the others from the track or throw things against their heads. The problem is that the other characters will try to do the same with you! You control your character with the arrow keys and two additional keys for turbo and throwing things.

Game flow
The game is well explained between the different levels by giving new information of the possibilities. When you have finished a track with a good result you will unlock the next level. Fortunately it is not difficult to do so and you won’t get frustrated in unlocking the levels.

I am aware that the internet connection speed is an important factor for playing a smooth game. In my case the game was super smooth and fast. There where no load stops or other disturbances.

Graphics & Sound
The graphics are really cool. Imagine a colourful happy environment in one of the three first Star wars movies with weird characters that could have raced the Pod Race. I think that the artists did a very good job.

The sound is simple and effective. There is music on the background and action sounds during the game. I have seen a lot of race games but this one is very funny and you can play it where ever you want. MOJO DRIFT makes you laugh and happy.

About Kalydo
It is an awesome concept. Just download the Kalydo player, install it on your PC/laptop, login and play! You’ll get 500 eCoins for free and these can be used to try out the different games (two new ones coming soon).

While you are playing you spend your eCoins. If you like a game you can buy more eCoins with your mobile phone by text message. When you have played a game many times, you will earn ownership. Once you completely own the game it is free to play! That’s cool!

Conclusion
Ok, the game is not very original but the idea of playing this kind of quality games in your browser is cool. It is simple to control and gives you (as a player) a lot of fun. I am really looking forward to see and play more Kalydo games!!

Game review by Ben van Asselt - Ben is an Executive at one of the leading national institutes for physically and mentally challenged people.

Want to discuss this article or do a game review yourself? Leave a comment.

Merry Xmas - new game sneak peek

2008-12-24T00:30:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,

We have given everyone who has registered a free 300 eCoins. Merry Xmas and happy gaming!

But that's not all...

Below is the first sneak peek of a new game that is currently in development. Its a puzzle/arcade game set against an "Oriental" backdrop. The visual style and gameplay is very unique and early playtests have proved that this game is truly addictive...

We wish you happy gaming and holidays. See you all next year!

Kalydo rocks on Netbooks

2008-12-18T05:50:00.000-08:00

Joining in on the discussion about Gaming on Netbooks, which has fired up all around the Cloud, we decided to get one today. Our very own Myth Buster team (Roel, Micha and Michiel) put our newly bought netbook to the test to see how it handles our Kalydo Powered games...

Step 1: Unpacking the goodies

Right, so Doki (Doki Tops - CEO) got us an Acer Aspire One to test our games on. After unpacking the box (resulting in happily smiling Nerdz(tm) all around) we put together the netbook.

Jeez! It is indeed very small... Well then, lets fire it up. A smooth, seamless installation procedure follows, no surprises there. A rough 10 minutes later we are ready for action...

"Our newly bought Aspire netbook, ready for action"

So the simple question remains:

Step 2: The Test

So we are ready to go and visit www.kalydo.com, to register a new user and beceome Kalydo Powered (installing our ActiveX plugin). After receiving our 500 free eCoins we are ready to start gaming and we click on our game of choice: Oggo's Odyssey. It quickly loads up, benefiting from the netbook's excellent connectivity and after merely 15 seconds we are presented with the game's welcome screen...

"One of our games running proudly (and smoothly) on the Aspire."

What can we say? It works like a charm! Where a lot of new laptops and pc's suffer from outdated video drivers out of the box, this Aspire loads our 3D games perfectly. We did not do anything special, just turned on the device, visited our website and clicked on a game.

Michiel says:

"I only turned off some of the toolbars to get some more screenspace, which is limited of course. Other than that there was nothing I need to configure."
Michiel Roza - Programmer at Kaldyo

Conclusion

We are very positive about the netbooks because they are small, while still delivering modest firepower. Indeed, these small notebooks are not suitable to play your next gen shooter title in full galore... but that's not what its all about right? When you are looking for a charming, easy to carry, capable laptop and enjoy a quality game once in a while, these netbooks are great for you.

Kalydo brings top quality 3D games to the webbrowser. This way everyone can enjoy a great game for a reasonable price. Other initiatives like Steam and casual game portals might all benefit from this new trend in hardware. In opposition to all the criticism we think its perfect and see great opportunities for gaming on these netbooks...

Chris van der Linden is Creative Director at Kalydo.

References:

Netbooks Will Push Games to the Cloud - by Bruce Everiss

Netbook sales overtake iPhone numbers - from Ars Technica

Acer Aspire One review - Youtube

Building a platform

2008-12-16T08:21:00.000-08:00

This article delves a little deeper into the development process of the Kalydo platform. Since its first closed beta incarnation it has since evolved into a mature and stable online game console which had an overwhelming response on the Leipzig GC past august.

Launching it was no easy feat. Launching (going live with a new product ed.) is a hell for every new decently sized product. Our new Kalydo platform was no different. This blog will spill about the building of our Kalydo platform, it's highs and lows and the turning point between versions...

A brief introduction of the Kalydo Platform

Ok, lets quote the blurp here: "Kalydo is your virtual console, play top quality 3D games directly in your browser. Anytime, anywhere"

We already have the first version of the Kalydo platform running for quite some time. In fact the closed beta that we had going the past months has been completed succesfully now. However this version does not support payment options, amongst others, and thats 'kinda' important for a company ;) Money does need to be made after all!

So about half a year ago we started working on the fabled "version 2" of the Kalydo platform...

The New and Improved version(tm)

The new version of Kalydo would need a complete banking system which could handle payments, taxes and revenue sharing. It needed new ways of storing online data, since we noticed that the old version kept on running against the borders of what a database can handle. And it needed to be scalable to grow as our number of users would grow. Hence a new system was designed, documented and built.

The design phase and parts of the development was aided by Lunatech Research.

"The people at Kalydo already had a very good and well documented view on what they wanted to build. We stepped in with our years of experience and contributed where needed. For a project of this scope it all went very well."

Peter Kaas - Technical Wizard at Lunatech Research

Suddenly you have two babies
In the meantime the existing version of the Kalydo platform was being extended. New games were being developed, the game engine improved and more. When the first version was shown to the public a problem arose. We now had two versions... The version which was online and people are using and the new version which is being built. In the beginning this was not a problem, you could keep them nicely separated. Bugs found in the first version were also fixed in the second. However the further the development of the new version came, the more different the two versions became. The harder it got to do bug fixes in both...

"Having two babies means 'double the noise and s*hit'. For a long time we were in limbo, where something would work in version A but not in B or in reverse. It was maddening and only when we decided to abandon the old version things started to look better."

Doki Tops - CEO Kalydo

Old and new
There came a point where the first version had to be abandoned for the new one. After all the necessary alpha tests, the first version which can be used goes beta. Now internally everyone should start using it. One by one they fall for the new version, bugs are found and solved. Then there is the big day, everyone internally is over and all systems are combined into a big beta test. Every system got through their respective alpha tests. Every team has confidence that it will work. New engine, new game packages, new player, new backend and new front end versions go into beta...

In the meantime the first version still had users, which means the help desk was still open. Problems and bugs were reported. Known bugs which were then only fixed in the new version. Fixing them in the old version would take too much time. Besides "The new version won't take long to complete anymore.".... famous last words ;)

A day in the life
It is friday and everyone goes home with some homework. All the games need to be tested in the new website. There's hope and anticipation in the air. (Untill monday at least). Monday is when all the bug reports, server crashes and feedback comes in. Enough bugs and problems to last another week. Ah... the smell of bugs in the morning...

Writing software is much like writing a novel without any grammar errors... a novel of over 20.000 pages and writing it together with more people. Good luck...

The bright side

We have put something wonderful together. The sheer amount of technical and creative effort that went into it all has payed of very well. The Kalydo platform is something new, fresh and certainly pushes the envelope in a lot of places.

Interested in reading more about the technology or a partnership with us? Have a look at www.dreamcreateplay.com and feel free to contact us. We are happy to hear from you!

Mark Schroders is Technical Director at Kalydo.

Beta testers - please read

2008-12-09T04:31:00.000-08:00

Dear playtesters,

Thank you for visiting the new Kalydo Console. We're happy to see you again. The closed beta has been completed sucessfully. Thanks to your feedback and error reports we have been able to make this new release a much better one. We hope you like it.

Unfortunately due to the major changes in our infrastructure we have not been able to preserve your game progress and scores from the beta test. This is something we truly regret and we apologize to those who have devotionally played our games.

As a token of our gratitude we welcome those who have been compromised to contact us so we can hand out some free eCoins to you. Not all at once please ;)

Rob and Michiel talk about your feedback and playtesting

We thought it might be cool to give you a little bit of insight in what happens with your feedback. I've asked Rob and Michiel to talk a little bit about their work at Kalydo.

"In order to ensure quality performance on older pc's and laptops we extensively "profile" our games, optimizing them wherever we can. This can be anything from the way we parse our 3D models to hardcore tweaking of the processor usage." Michiel - Programmer

"The laptop on the bottom left is nicknamed 'Satan' in the office. Five years old, crappy video chip and all but a great benchmark for our games. And they work surprisingly well I must say. Mission accomplished!" Michiel - Programmer

"The past few months I've worked through hundreds of bugs and game fixes. Some of them were crashes, others improvements to the gameplay. When a game is heavily playtested, generally around 100 of these 'todos' pop up for each game. We have 4 games live now and 3 more in development.... you get the picture haha! " Rob - Game Tech Director

Ofcourse a lot more people have worked to make this happen. Here's the complete credit list ;)

Company Leads
Doki Tops - CEO
Mark Schroders - Technical Director
Rob van Gulik - Game Tech Director
Chris van der Linden - Creative Director

Kalydo platform / Game Engine
Maarten Siersema - Webdevelopment
Paul Minasian - Webdevelopment
Micha Titulaer - Programming
Roel Binnendijk - Programming
Luuk van Venrooij - Programming
Michiel Roza - Programming
Maikel van Gulik - Game programmer

Artists
Kirsten Nuyts - Conceptual Design / 2D artist
Laura Endert - 3D artist
Wiebe Giebels - Animator
Remmelt Kuiken - Audio Designer

Interns / Graduate / Misc

Siem van de Berg - Graduate artists
Victor Gerritsen - Intern programming
Bobby Kwakkernaat - Graduate artists
Danny van der Hofstad - Intern programming
Maarten Tops - Kalydo GDK representative
Jelle Goossens - Game trailers

Happy gaming!

We welcome everyone to start playing with the new Kalydo Console. If you experience any problems with the games, console or payment please send us your feedback. We actively process the Error Reports you send and have been able to make great improvements to the Kalydo platform thanks to them. Your feedback means the world to us so keep it coming!

We have decided to temporarily dismiss our Forum because of technical reasons. It will be back in the future.

Send your feedback to: support@kalydo.com

We wish everyone happy holidays and loads of gaming fun.

Kind regards,

The Kalydo team.

Kalydo hits the big screen

2008-12-07T05:04:00.000-08:00

Luuk (one of our newly hired programmers) sent me a cool picture today. Our webgames have never looked better I must say! His big ass plasma screen is perfect to showcase our Fullscreen option that comes standard at Kalydo now...

a Kalydo webgame in action

The past few months the guys on the engine development have knocked out a serious amounts of work. Next to fullscreen for our web-based 3D games they have optimized the performance once again. This ensures our games run smoothly on 5 year old pc's and laptops. The AI system is getting a major overhaul, physics is being worked on full gear and a new LOD system is in the pipeline. Want to know more about our free to use development kit? Check out www.dreamcreateplay.com

Interested in seeing all this in action? Check out our games at www.kalydo.com, get yourself an account for free, receive your eCoin starter package and get gaming! The games run directly from your browser, with no fuss at all!

We wish you happy gaming!

Anatomy of a Game

2008-11-21T06:32:00.000-08:00

When you play a game you normally don't think about the amount of work that goes into it. If it looks and plays good you tend to just accept it as a given. But every single detail you see and hear has got to be designed and built from scratch. To give you an idea of what it takes to put a game together I thought it would be nice to take a screenshot and 'analyze' it.

Lets have a look at our latest game Oggo's Odyssey (to be released on Kalydo soon) and see what is actually 'on the screen'. Below is the screenshot and a numbered overlay for a few of the key assets in there.

So what's in there? Lets have a look!

1: HUD

Most games use a HUD (Heads Up Display) to communicate things to the player. Usually it shows your Score, Time left and other important things. Easy enough right?

Well... the HUD can be pretty difficult to design sometimes. You need to convey important information to the player but you also don't want to clutter the screen... Afterall it is about the game itself. Creating a nice and userfriendly HUD overlay is a challenge and a lot of times we try different layouts before settling for the final version.

2: Player Character

The Player Character is the hero of the game. Needless to say a lot of time is invested in bringing this character to life. Being the centerpiece of the game it uses the specialty of all the people involved: conceptual design, modeling, texturing, animation, sound and programming.

3: Monsters

What's a good game without monsters? Exactly! And more monsters is even better!

In Oggo's Odyssey you'll see baddiez in various appearances. To tone down the ammount of work we used the same functionality for some of the monsters but changed the way they looked. This is a smart way of cutting down development time while still getting a lot of cool monsters in the game.

For example the animator is able to re-use some of his animation clips, the programmer can recycle some of his code and so on. The artists make sure the creature looks fresh and new and the audio designer comes up with new sounds for the monster.

4: NPC

Next to the main character the player can control there are often NPC's (Non Player Characters) in a game. Just as the hero character these NPC's take a lot of time as well. They need a lot of artwork, animation, sound and programming to bring them to life.

The Mimu character here is just ony a head model and thats all you will see of her in the game. She gives you tips and tricks during the game. Which brings up another thing.... all the dialogue in the game has to be thought up and often translated into various languages. A lot of work!

5: Level Decoration

Every game takes place in an environment. A spooky old buidling, space, a jungle or in our case... underwater :D The environment is very important because it gives you a place to 'play' in. Because environments tend to be big and detailed they take up a lot of work. In fact, most of the time when a game is already nearing completion, the artists are still hard at work finishing up all the levels.

For this game we designed circular 'donut' pieces as a base to start from. The basic donut was then dressed up with all sorts of things like plants, flowers, rocks, monsters, lightbeams and more... All these little details make the world really come to life. Especially in an exotic world like in Oggo's Odyssey it takes up all the creativity of the artists to come up with the fantastic designs.

6: Items

Since games have become a pop culture certain things have become very iconic for the genre. One of these things are 'items' which usually stand out from the environment by the way they look. The reason for this is to let the player now he/she can interact with it. Ever noticed the old Tom & Jerry cartoons where some things in the picture stood out from the painted background? Somehow you allways knew that it was going to move or be interacted with... And thats a bit how it works in games. Items are the coins you need to collect, the powerups you can pick up and so on...

So there you go! Now you know a little bit more about what it takes to put a game together. If you want to know more about Oggo's Odyssey and watch the trailer visit the website:

www.oggosodyssey.com
www.oggosavontuur.nl (Dutch)

Want to discuss this? Leave a comment!

Robo Rescue - a first look

2008-11-11T07:48:00.001-08:00

A brand new game called Robo Rescue is coming to Kalydo. The game was initially called Robo Brickx, but the game evolved so much during development it was renamed to Robo Rescue. In this article we'll take a look at the creation of this game.

The game concept
Robo Rescue is about a robot character who needs to save his friend from the clutches of Evil Robo, the villain. The game is a blend between action and puzzle, where the player sometimes needs to solve simple tricks to finish a level. The action is based on rolling around with your spherical shaped character, requiring skill and timing.

The initial game concept was focussed heavily on the use of Arkanoid like bricks in the levels. However this was abandoned early on so the name was changed to Robo Rescue to hint at the story plot.

The design phase
The conceptual design for the Robo characters was done by our new talent Kirsten.

"It was nice I didn't have to do the concept art and production at the same time. Kirsten came up with very effective designs so I let him take care of it." Chris van der Linden - Creative Director

We spent some time early on thinking of ways we could dress up the characters, yet have them be as simple as possible. Somehow the characters looked better with 'less' about them. They are very striking and people seem to remember them easily.

In the game menu the player can customize his character by selecting Male or Female and a collection of different 'skins'.

Game production
The production of the game was taken care of by an entirely new team so we had to cleverly call our shots and carefully select the things to build. We chose to build a level editor to speed up the level production, which we decided we didn't want to 'generate' as we did for Konstrukt Invasion and Oggo's Odyssey. Maikel, also a new talent, did the programming for both the editor and the game. While learning our development flow we were also pushing the enveloppe in a few places so it was no small feat.

"This game was initially a small prototype I built in a week. It changed a lot but its what got us started" Maikel van Gulik - Game Programmer

A lot of the development effort went into creating a lot of obstacles for all the levels. These include accelleration pads, wind blowers, bouncers, teleporters and ufo's. There are quite a lot of them and they are loads of fun.

More information
More information including a trailer video will be available soon at www.robo-rescue.com. We are looking forward to see this game on Kalydo and hear what you have to say. Can't wait? Feel free to leave a comment here!

Oggo's Odyssey announced

2008-10-07T06:49:00.000-07:00

Eindhoven, 26 September 2008

Kalydo and Eximion Game studio announce a new game titled “Oggo's Odyssey”. This spectacular new game will be launched in beta on the Kalydo game platform soon. Oggo's Odyssey is the first title that will also be published in Dutch (Netherlands).

For more information and a trailer visit: www.oggosodyssey.com

Story
The father spirit of Nauticz needs your help. All the treasure of Nauticz has been lost and you are tasked to find it back. Travel to never seen before places of Nauticz and bring back the lost fortune. Will you become a True Hero and defeat the evil Arcadiz? Read More

Development
This flagship title for the revolutionary game platform Kalydo was developed by Eximion Game Studio, who has previously done Septennia: Konstrukt Invasion, Goofball 360 and Mojo Drift. Read More

Not a Kalydo member yet?
We are accepting more beta testers. If you like to try out our console quality games in your browser sign up for free at Kalydo. Let us know what you think! More games will become available as we go.

Squidz escaped!

2008-09-10T04:20:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

It looks like squidz have escaped from our game Goofball 360. They are harmless ofcourse but they are everywhere on the website!

We are looking for a way to get them back into the game. In the the meantime you can help us by playing Goofball 360 so there won't be more. Unless ofcourse you think they are cute and like to have them around ;)

regards,

The Kalydo Rogue Game Characters Crisis Team (RGCT)

Mojo Drift goes beta!

2008-09-05T07:04:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

Get your flippers wet! The one and only underwater racing game on the planet goes beta. You can play it now for free at Kalydo.

Mojo Drift provides you with hours of fun packed racing action. Unlock new tracks, characters, use hilarious itemz and more! This game designed for the charming Nauticz game world takes you to unseen exotic places. Meddle your skills against five other opponents. Are you going to be the new champion?

Mojo Drift is the thrid game that goes in beta at Kalydo, which is steadily gainging momentum. More and more people are starting to play. New games and new features for your virtual Console are in the pipeline. Now is the time to join up!

Happy gaming!

the Kalydo team.

Mojo Drift in beta soon

2008-09-02T07:34:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

The one and only underwater racing game on the planet will go in beta soon. Mojo Drift will provide you with hours fun packed racing action. Unlock new tracks, characters, use hilarious itemz and more!

Mojo Drift is undergoing some final heavyweight testing before it is released. We are carefully planning each new game release to ensure the best game experience. For example: We receive your error reports, feedback emails and forum posts and continually process those in order to improve our games, website and services. We are looking forward to your feedback on Mojo Drift so keep an eye out for your mailbox...

Best wishes,

the Kalydo team.

GC Leipzig coverage - Day 3

2008-08-23T00:43:00.000-07:00

******* LIVE FROM LEIPZIG ********

Hello again,

Yesterday was (surprise) again a very busy and good day for us. We had some very interesting talks. Also between the very busy schedule we found some time to attend the game public part of the convention. Afterwards we went into town to relax a bit. Generally our days have been 11 hours on the conventions floor, which is very exhausting.

GC Leipzig coverage - Day 2

2008-08-22T00:18:00.000-07:00

********** LIVE FROM LEIPZIG **************

Hello again,

Another day at the GC in Leipzig has passed. With a bit of a quiet start, the remainder of the day turned out to be very busy and worthwhile. We met a lot of interesting people again, had some excellent chats and a good time.

Here are some pictures of day 2:

So there you go. It was a good day at the convention. We got a lot of compliments on our professional looking booth. Well check back tomorrow.

Kind regards,

Rob, Mark, Doki, Chris and Bernadette.

GC Leipzig Coverage - Day 1

2008-08-21T00:16:00.001-07:00

****** LIVE FROM LEIPZIG GERMANY *********

Hello everyone,

We had a great first day, it was busy and we had a lot of great talks.
Below are a few pictures of the first day, you can see our booth looks totally "Kalydo" styled which we think is great :D

We hope everyone is having a nice time playing our games. When we get back from Leipzig we will launch a new game in beta: Mojo Drift.

Another day at the convention starts now and we are good to go. Today promises to be even more exciting than yesterday.

Kind regards,

Chris, Mark, Rob, Doki and Bernadette.

GC Leipzig coverage - Arrival

2008-08-20T03:56:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,

We've arrived at the GCDC in Leipzig after a 7 hour drive. Before we could leave Eindhoven at night a few police officers intended to know what all the stuff in our van was for. They apparantly suspected some illegal activity. When we were cleared to go we set out for Leipzig...

We have just spent the afternoon setting up our booth, which looks very nice. Below are some pictures showing the process.

We will keep you up to date here live from Leipzig, Germany.
In the meantime you can play our games which are in beta now: www.kalydo.com

Happy gaming!

Kalydo at the GCDC

2008-08-18T01:19:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Kalydo will be attending the GCDC in Leipzig this week. You can find us in Hall 2 stand E41. If you are interested in what we have to offer we are happy to talk to you.

Developers can visit our developer corner now at: www.dreamcreateplay.com

You are welcome to download and try our product for free. Like what you see? Just drop us a line.

We are looking for game developers who are interested in publishing their games on the Kalydo platform. For more information see the Partner Program link on our website.

Kalydo at the Red Bull Air Race

2008-07-21T11:09:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Kalydo visited the Red Bull Air Race in Rotterdam. Why you ask? Because we were a featured advertiser at this prestigious event. With a small team, dressed up in stylish Kalydo promo clothing we traveled to Rotterdam. The weather was poor, the atmosphere was great...

To promote our revolutionary new game platform Kalydo we advertised with a snappy 15 second commercial. Being aired on more than thirthy big screens together with established brands such as LG was pretty cool. It is a testament to how well things are going for us at the moment. We look forward to more beautiful things to come.

With our beta period about to initiate with a several thousands of exclusive players we are also gearing up for the next big event: the GCDC in Leipzig next month.

We will attend this huge gaming event to showcase our platform to other developers, marketeers and other enthusiasts. If you are a game developer, tech developer or marketeer you will certainly want to come visit our booth. We have a set of interesting opportunities for you. We are located at the Holland Pavillion, Hall 2, Booth E 41.

Best wishes,

the Kalydo team.

RCE Universe tips Kalydo

2008-06-19T08:22:00.000-07:00

We stumbled on a nice little article today. Zwaf from RCE Universe has kindly tipped our Kalydo game platform being something worthwhile to check out. We are happy to hear our open structure and format gets a welcome response.

Read the article here

Webgames suck? Think again!
We are still looking for enthusiastic gamers who are willing to try out our new games and technology. Sign up for our exclusive beta and be the first to check out console quality games in your browser.

Still not convinced? Have a look at these screenshots!

Thank you!

Very first Haven (working title) screenshots

2008-06-12T06:34:00.000-07:00

Hello there,

While our exclusive Kalydo beta is filling up with players we thought it would be a good time to show a first glimpse of a new game we're building at Eximion. This game is currently called Haven, which is a working title.

Haven (working title)
Its still very early on in development so we will not give away too much. The overarching concept is that the world of Light is overtaken by the Dark. The Dark has sucked up all the light and shrouded the entire (esoteric/abstract) world in darkness. Now you will play as the Being of Light, your mission: Defeat the Dark and restore the Light back to the world.

Stark abstract look
Haven is designed to bring an interesting new look to a genre thats as old as gaming itself: Arcade Shooter. We've chosen to go for a very stark, almost black and white abstract look. While the creatures still have some recognizable resemblances to what we know, the world itself is very abstract.

Dramatic epic action in your browser
Using a combination of atmospheric special effects and epic, dramatic music we try to make Haven into a large, emotionally moving experience.

Remember that all this is happening in your web browser.

What?! Thats right!

Go to www.kalydo.com, sign up for our exlcusive beta and check out what kind of game quality we have brought to your IE or Firefox.

Groovy!

:D

Chris

Kalydo launched - Sign up for the exclusive beta

2008-06-10T01:32:00.000-07:00

EXIMION LAUNCHES KALYDO – YOUR VIRTUAL CONSOLE

Play a stunning 3D game in your browser, anywhere any time. Spectacular games that load quick and easy, on any PC. Sign up now for the beta and be the first to play. There is only room for 5000 players during the first phase. Sign up now at www.kalydo.com.

The brand new Kalydo technology allows gamers to play stunning 3D games in their browser. After installation of the Kalydo player people can play all Kalydo Powered games online. Players can continue playing, any time and anywhere in the world. Your game progress and achievements are automatically saved online (persistent webgaming).

As a beta player you will be an active participant in the last and most important phase of the game and platform development process: testing. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the final development of the games and play the games before they are released.

Sign up now exclusively
Interested in being a part of this exclusive beta? The first beta phase will include the launch of two smashing games: Konstrukt Invasion and Goofball 360. The beta only has room for 5000 players, so be quick and register now at www.kalydo.com.

The innovative Kalydo game platform is being developed by Eximion from Eindhoven The Netherlands. Recently both IT2 Capital Partners and TechnoStars have invested in this upcoming company. Together with our current technical partner Lunatech they are going to join us in the exploitation and further development of the platform. Resellers, referrers, developers and marketeers that are interested in a partnership are welcome to contact us.

For more info and registration go to: www.kalydo.com

We would like to thank everybody who has helped us the past years for their continuous support and trust.

Regards,

Eximion Team

New office space - We are hiring!

2008-05-22T02:27:00.000-07:00

Hello friends,

With a little bit of nostalgia we look back now at a period of three years which we have spent here in our office/house. This house (where it all started) will soon be replaced with a shiny new office space. Yes, we are moving to a brand new office space in the center of town and we are really looking forward to it.

The reason for the move is quite simple: The company has grown quite rapidly, the team has expanded so it doesn't fit in the current space anymore. Furthermore we are seeing an increase of partnerships and visits. The old house is just not suitable to welcome guests to anymore. We will be moving into our new office space next month.

From this magnificent new office we will continue working on our games and Kalydo platform.

We are hiring:

To help us build the kick ass games we do and expand our innovative Kalydo game platform we are looking for:

Web developer

We are looking for a talented web developer who has experience with PHP, MYSQL etc. to work on our advanced backend systems. Visit our website for more info and apply directly!

Game developer

We are looking for a talented game developer who has experience with game design and developing games. Our games are developed using the LUA scripting language which can be learned very easily. Visit our website for more info and apply directly!

These vacancies are all fulltime in-house positions and available directly. We prefer candidates who speak Dutch (Nederlands). If you are not from the Netherlands but think you got what it takes feel free to apply! We would love to hear from you.

Regards,

The Eximion team.

Kalydo is looking for partners

2008-05-07T04:44:00.000-07:00

Now that we have settled with our new investment partners and our first games are wrapped up for Beta launch we are ready for the next step. Starting today we are opening our doors to third party game developers. Our game technology (and publishing channel) will gradually become available to you as we progress. And that's not all. Our tech is free. Absolutely free? Yes...

We will be launching the Beta of our Kalydo game platform anytime soon now. If you are a development studio looking to publish your games in new exciting ways this is your chance! Not only game developers are invited to contact us, but resellers, marketeers and other creative/business partners are welcome.

From this moment on news regarding the Kalydo platform will become available through this weblog and of course www.kalydo.com itself. If you are already interested and don't want to wait for our Beta launch just drop us a line.

Visit us at the GCDC Leipzig 2008
Eximion will be attending the GCDC in Leipzig this year. Those who wish to talk to us in person and experience our products hands-on are welcome to visit our booth.

We are looking forward hearing from you!

TechnoStars en IT2 Capital Partners investeren in Eximion

2008-05-07T04:42:00.000-07:00

IT2 CAPITAL PARTNERS EN TECHNOSTARS INVESTEREN IN EXIMION

Technostartersfonds Zuid Nederland B.V. (TechnoStars) en IT2 Capital Partners (IT2) hebben ieder een belang genomen in het aandelenkapitaal van Eximion B.V. uit Eindhoven. Voor TechnoStars is dit de 7e participatie sinds de start van het fonds in oktober 2006. Voor IT2 is het de 5e participatie sinds februari 2007.

Eximion is een jonge onderneming die zicht richt op het ontwikkelen van 3D online gaming technologie. Deze technologie wordt ter beschikking gesteld aan externe makers van online games en wordt tevens door Eximion zelf gebruikt om haar eigen online 3D gaming site te exploiteren. De technologie omvat zowel de functionaliteit om nieuwe 3D online games van ongeëvenaarde kwaliteit te maken als de mogelijkheden om de games online te exploiteren inclusief verwerking van betalingsverkeer en administratie.

Het management van Eximion bestaat uit 4 jonge ondernemers met grote passie voor gaming en diepgaande kennis van alle aspecten van gaming technologie en vormgeving. Het management is samen mede-oprichter Lunatech Ventures eveneens aandeelhouder in Eximion.

Eximion verwacht in de eerste helft van 2008 met haar gaming website genaamd Kalydo online te gaan en later dit jaar haar gaming technologie platform op de markt te brengen.

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But I love you guys I don't want to move!

Kalydo User Coupling

We invite everyone to continue playing Kalydo games at Facebook and Netlog.

Step 1: Go to Kalydo.com

Step 2: Go to Kalydo.com

Step 3: Copy your Code

Step 4: Visit Kalydo at Facebook or Netlog

Step 5: Paste the code and finish the coupling

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Kalydo awarded Dutch champion
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